diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/GetDateCommand.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/GetDateCommand.cs
index 9668376a900..0ce4e3f873e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/GetDateCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/GetDateCommand.cs
@@ -314,12 +314,13 @@ protected override void ProcessRecord()
             }
         } // EndProcessing
 
+        private static readonly DateTime epoch = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// This is more an implementation of the UNIX strftime
         /// </summary>
         private string UFormatDateString(DateTime dateTime)
         {
-            DateTime epoch = DateTime.Parse("January 1, 1970", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
             int offset = 0;
             StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 
@@ -360,9 +361,7 @@ private string UFormatDateString(DateTime dateTime)
                             break;
 
                         case 'c':
-                            sb.Append("{0:ddd} {0:MMM} ");
-                            sb.Append(StringUtil.Format("{0,2} ", dateTime.Day));
-                            sb.Append("{0:HH}:{0:mm}:{0:ss} {0:yyyy}");
+                            sb.Append("{0:ddd} {0:dd} {0:MMM} {0:yyyy} {0:HH}:{0:mm}:{0:ss}");
                             break;
 
                         case 'D':
@@ -386,15 +385,15 @@ private string UFormatDateString(DateTime dateTime)
                             break;
 
                         case 'j':
-                            sb.Append(dateTime.DayOfYear);
+                            sb.Append(StringUtil.Format("{0:000}", dateTime.DayOfYear));
                             break;
 
                         case 'k':
-                            sb.Append("{0:HH}");
+                            sb.Append(StringUtil.Format("{0,2:0}", dateTime.Hour));
                             break;
 
                         case 'l':
-                            sb.Append("{0:hh}");
+                            sb.Append(StringUtil.Format("{0,2:0}", dateTime.Hour%12));
                             break;
 
                         case 'M':
@@ -426,7 +425,7 @@ private string UFormatDateString(DateTime dateTime)
                             break;
 
                         case 's':
-                            sb.Append(dateTime.Subtract(epoch).TotalSeconds);
+                            sb.Append(StringUtil.Format("{0:0}", dateTime.Subtract(epoch).TotalSeconds));
                             break;
 
                         case 'T':
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Get-Date.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Get-Date.Tests.ps1
index c111d721bf2..cb60b47a15c 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Get-Date.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Get-Date.Tests.ps1
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ Describe "Get-Date DRT Unit Tests" -Tags "CI" {
         Get-date -Date 0030-01-01T00:00:00 -uformat %y/%m/%d-%H | Should be "30/01/01-00"
     }
 
-    It "using -uformat 'aAbBcCdDehHIjmMpr' produces the correct output" {
-        Get-date -Date 1/1/0030 -uformat %a%A%b%B%c%C%d%D%e%h%H%I%j%m%M%p%r | Should be "TueTuesdayJanJanuaryTue Jan  1 00:00:00 003000101/01/30 1Jan001210100AM12:00:00 AM"
+    It "using -uformat 'aAbBcCdDehHIkljmMpr' produces the correct output" {
+        Get-date -Date 1/1/0030 -uformat %a%A%b%B%c%C%d%D%e%h%H%I%k%l%j%m%M%p%r | Should be "TueTuesdayJanJanuaryTue 01 Jan 0030 00:00:0000101/01/30 1Jan0012 0 00010100AM12:00:00 AM"
     }
 
-    It "using -uformat 'StTuUVwWxXyYZ' produces the correct output" {
-        Get-date -Date 1/1/0030 -uformat %S%T%u%U%V%w%W%x%X%y%Y%% | Should be "0000:00:002012001/01/3000:00:00300030%"
+    It "using -uformat 'sStTuUVwWxXyYZ' produces the correct output" {
+        Get-date -Date 1/1/0030 -uformat %s%S%T%u%U%V%w%W%x%X%y%Y%% | Should be "-612204480000000:00:002012001/01/3000:00:00300030%"
     }
 
     It "Passing '<name>' to -uformat produces a descriptive error" -TestCases @(