diff --git a/javasrc/extfunc/org/etsi/its/extfunc/ItsExternalFunctionsProvider.java b/javasrc/extfunc/org/etsi/its/extfunc/ItsExternalFunctionsProvider.java
index 23c1ef58baedcdb16956032f2606134b7bf82bae..5538e027a0c11fbb58476cfed5bd58644f0fbe85 100644
--- a/javasrc/extfunc/org/etsi/its/extfunc/ItsExternalFunctionsProvider.java
+++ b/javasrc/extfunc/org/etsi/its/extfunc/ItsExternalFunctionsProvider.java
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.ParseException;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -70,7 +67,7 @@ public class ItsExternalFunctionsProvider implements IItsExternalFunctionsProvid
     private static final String GNSS_SCENARIO_SUPPORT = "GnssScenarioSupport";
     private IGnssSupport GNSS;
     private boolean gnssScenarioSupport;
-    
+
     /**
      * Reference to the ePassport files manager
      */
@@ -112,21 +109,14 @@ public class ItsExternalFunctionsProvider implements IItsExternalFunctionsProvid
             now = _tcicdWrapper.setInteger(GNSS.getGpsTime());
         }
         else {
-        String datestr="01/01/2004 00:00:00 +0000";
-        DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss Z");
-        try {
-                //            TERFactory.getInstance().logDebug("ItsExternalFunctionsProvider.fx_getCurrentTime: " + ((java.util.Date)formatter.parse(datestr)).getTime());
+//            TERFactory.getInstance().logDebug("ItsExternalFunctionsProvider.fx_getCurrentTime: " + ((java.util.Date)formatter.parse(datestr)).getTime());
             now = _tcicdWrapper.setInteger(
                 new BigInteger(
                     1, 
-                    ByteHelper.longToByteArray(System.currentTimeMillis() - ((java.util.Date)formatter.parse(datestr)).getTime(), Long.SIZE / Byte.SIZE)
+                    ByteHelper.longToByteArray(System.currentTimeMillis() - ITS_REF_TIME, Long.SIZE / Byte.SIZE)
                 )
             );
-        } catch (ParseException e) {
-            now = _tcicdWrapper.setInteger(0);
-        }
-        
-        //TERFactory.getInstance().logDebug("ItsExternalFunctionsProvider", "fx_getCurrentTime", String.format("%10d", _tcicdWrapper.getBigInteger(now))); 
+	        //TERFactory.getInstance().logDebug("ItsExternalFunctionsProvider", "fx_getCurrentTime", String.format("%10d", _tcicdWrapper.getBigInteger(now))); 
         }
         return now;
     } // End of method fx_getCurrentTime