diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 479cbb607..fd1668aea 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2000-08-30  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>
+
+	* times.cc (gettimeofday): use GetSystemTimeAsFileTime to avoid a
+	conversion
+	(FACTOR): correct value
+	(genf): set milliseconds to zero, DOW to 4.
+
 2000-08-29  Egor Duda  <deo@logos-m.ru>
 
 	* grp.cc (getgroups): fail with EINVAL if array is not large
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/times.cc b/winsup/cygwin/times.cc
index b34d510bd..8b257cae7 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/times.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/times.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ details. */
 #include "sigproc.h"
 #include "pinfo.h"
 
-#define FACTOR (0x19db1ded53ea710LL)
+#define FACTOR (0x19db1ded53e8000LL)
 #define NSPERSEC 10000000LL
 
 static void __stdcall timeval_to_filetime (timeval *time, FILETIME *out);
@@ -134,12 +134,9 @@ gettimeofday (struct timeval *p, struct timezone *z)
 
   if (p != NULL)
     {
-      SYSTEMTIME t;
       FILETIME f;
 
-      GetSystemTime (&t);
-      if (! SystemTimeToFileTime (&t, &f))
-        res = -1;
+      GetSystemTimeAsFileTime (&f);
       totimeval (p, &f, 0, 1);
     }
 
@@ -170,12 +167,12 @@ genf ()
   FILETIME f;
   s.wYear = 1970;
   s.wMonth = 1;
-  s.wDayOfWeek = 5;
+  s.wDayOfWeek = 4;
   s.wDay = 1;
   s.wHour = 0;
   s.wMinute = 0;
   s.wSecond = 0;
-  s.wMilliseconds = 1;
+  s.wMilliseconds = 0;
   SystemTimeToFileTime (&s, &f);
 
   small_printf ("FILE TIME is %08x%08x\n",