diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f25f3e97..de458a52 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,9 +11,15 @@ if(MINGW OR CYGWIN)
   execute_process(COMMAND "date" "+%Y%m%d" OUTPUT_VARIABLE BUILD)
   string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "" BUILD ${BUILD})
 elseif(WIN32)
-  execute_process(COMMAND "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmakescripts/getdate.bat"
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE BUILD)
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "" BUILD ${BUILD})
+  execute_process(COMMAND "wmic.exe" "os" "get" "LocalDateTime" OUTPUT_VARIABLE
+    BUILD)
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "[^0-9]" "" BUILD "${BUILD}")
+  if (BUILD STREQUAL "")
+    execute_process(COMMAND "cmd.exe" "/C" "DATE" "/T" OUTPUT_VARIABLE BUILD)
+    string(REGEX REPLACE ".*[ ]([0-9]*)[/.]([0-9]*)[/.]([0-9]*).*" "\\3\\2\\1" BUILD "${BUILD}")
+  else()
+    string(SUBSTRING "${BUILD}" 0 8 BUILD)
+  endif()
 else()
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Platform not supported by this build system.  Use autotools instead.")
 endif()
diff --git a/cmakescripts/getdate.bat b/cmakescripts/getdate.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index b4251bbb..00000000
--- a/cmakescripts/getdate.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-@echo off
-for /f "tokens=1-4 eol=/ DELIMS=/ " %%i in ('date /t') do set BUILD=%%l%%j%%k
-echo %BUILD%