diff --git a/app/tools/gimpfiltertool.c b/app/tools/gimpfiltertool.c
index 9281326336..9669a935cd 100644
--- a/app/tools/gimpfiltertool.c
+++ b/app/tools/gimpfiltertool.c
@@ -894,7 +894,9 @@ gimp_filter_tool_real_set_config (GimpFilterTool *filter_tool,
    *  will be considered to be among the automatically stored recently
    *  used settings
    */
-  g_object_set (filter_tool->config, "time", 0, NULL);
+  g_object_set (filter_tool->config,
+                "time", (gint64) 0,
+                NULL);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpsettingsbox.c b/app/widgets/gimpsettingsbox.c
index ea797e5da6..08b8433e31 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpsettingsbox.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpsettingsbox.c
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ gimp_settings_box_truncate_list (GimpSettingsBox *box,
   while (list)
     {
       GimpConfig *config = list->data;
-      guint       t;
+      gint64      t;
 
       list = g_list_next (list);
 
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ gimp_settings_box_add_current (GimpSettingsBox *box,
        list;
        list = g_list_next (list))
     {
-      guint t;
+      gint64 t;
 
       config = list->data;
 
@@ -955,19 +955,27 @@ gimp_settings_box_add_current (GimpSettingsBox *box,
       if (t > 0 && gimp_config_is_equal_to (config,
                                             GIMP_CONFIG (private->config)))
         {
+          GDateTime *now = g_date_time_new_now_utc ();
+
           g_object_set (config,
-                        "time", (guint) time (NULL),
+                        "time", g_date_time_to_unix (now),
                         NULL);
+          g_date_time_unref (now);
+
           break;
         }
     }
 
   if (! list)
     {
+      GDateTime *now = g_date_time_new_now_utc ();
+
       config = gimp_config_duplicate (GIMP_CONFIG (private->config));
+
       g_object_set (config,
-                    "time", (guint) time (NULL),
+                    "time", g_date_time_to_unix (now),
                     NULL);
+      g_date_time_unref (now);
 
       gimp_container_insert (private->container, GIMP_OBJECT (config), 0);
       g_object_unref (config);
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpsettingseditor.c b/app/widgets/gimpsettingseditor.c
index e553d4453c..8ee14aea6d 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpsettingseditor.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpsettingseditor.c
@@ -395,12 +395,16 @@ gimp_settings_editor_name_edited (GtkCellRendererText *cell,
 
       if (strlen (name) && strcmp (old_name, name))
         {
-          guint t;
+          gint64 t;
 
-          g_object_get (object, "time", &t, NULL);
+          g_object_get (object,
+                        "time", &t,
+                        NULL);
 
           if (t > 0)
-            g_object_set (object, "time", 0, NULL);
+            g_object_set (object,
+                          "time", (gint64) 0,
+                          NULL);
 
           /*  set name after time so the object is reordered correctly  */
           gimp_object_take_name (object, name);