diff --git a/src/etc/root/root.mail b/src/etc/root/root.mail
index bdcdc933..868d4d07 100644
--- a/src/etc/root/root.mail
+++ b/src/etc/root/root.mail
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-From deraadt@do-not-reply.openbsd.org Sun May 1 07:59:59 MST 2015
+From deraadt@do-not-reply.openbsd.org Sun May  1 07:59:59 MST 2015
 Return-Path: root
-Date: May 1 07:59:59 MST 2016
+Date: May  1 07:59:59 MST 2016
 From: deraadt@do-not-reply.openbsd.org (Theo de Raadt)
 To: root
 Subject: Welcome to OpenBSD 5.9!