diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5f6f3cd..00b80fd 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ SVN
                 Update manufacturer IDs.
   decode-vaio: Private data might not be readable by non-root users
                Print the asset tag
+               Fix the timestamp decoding
   i2cset: Final status messages go to stdout
           Return success even when readback fails or doesn't match
   i2c-stub-from-dump: New helper script to use with i2c-stub
diff --git a/eeprom/decode-vaio.pl b/eeprom/decode-vaio.pl
index 96e1cd6..1a91487 100755
--- a/eeprom/decode-vaio.pl
+++ b/eeprom/decode-vaio.pl
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 # Version 1.5  2007-11-19  Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
 #  UUID and serial number might be hidden
 #  The model name is actually the first half of the asset tag
+#  The timestamp is only 18-byte long
 #
 # EEPROM data decoding for Sony Vaio laptops. 
 #
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ sub vaio_decode
 	print_item('Asset Tag', decode_string($bus, $addr, 170, 4).
 				decode_hexa($bus, $addr, 174, 12));
 	print_item('OEM Data', decode_string($bus, $addr, 32, 16));
-	print_item('Timestamp', decode_string($bus, $addr, 224, 32));
+	print_item('Timestamp', decode_string($bus, $addr, 224, 18));
 	return 1;
 }