diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java
index a827380bff..12fa25d9b5 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ public class BuildTime {
     private static final long _latestTime;
     private static final long YEARS_25 = 25L*365*24*60*60*1000;
     /** update this periodically */
-    private static final String EARLIEST = "2019-11-25 12:00:00 UTC";
+    private static final String EARLIEST = "2020-02-17 12:00:00 UTC";
     // fallback if parse fails ticket #1976
-    // date -d 201x-xx-xx +%s
-    private static final long EARLIEST_LONG = 1574658000 * 1000L;
+    // date -d 202x-xx-xx +%s
+    private static final long EARLIEST_LONG = 1581915600 * 1000L;
 
     static {
         // this is the standard format of build.timestamp as set in the top-level build.xml