diff --git a/check_test.go b/check_test.go
index 81dab47..bd757ef 100644
--- a/check_test.go
+++ b/check_test.go
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ func TestTimeComparison(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// This is the format of time from FreeBSD
 	spec := `
-/set type=file time=0.000000000
+/set type=file time=5.000000000
 .               type=dir 
-    file       time=0.000000000
+    file       time=5.000000000
 ..
 `
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func TestTimeComparison(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	// This is what mode we're checking for. Round integer of epoch seconds
-	epoch := time.Unix(0, 0)
+	epoch := time.Unix(5, 0)
 	if err := os.Chtimes(fh.Name(), epoch, epoch); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/keywords.go b/keywords.go
index dcf368f..8b01c80 100644
--- a/keywords.go
+++ b/keywords.go
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ var (
 	timeKeywordFunc = func(path string, info os.FileInfo) (string, error) {
 		t := info.ModTime().UnixNano()
 		if t == 0 {
-			return "time=0.0", nil
+			return "time=0.000000000", nil
 		}
-		return fmt.Sprintf("time=%d.%d", (t / 1e9), (t % (t / 1e9))), nil
+		return fmt.Sprintf("time=%d.%9.9d", (t / 1e9), (t % (t / 1e9))), nil
 	}
 	linkKeywordFunc = func(path string, info os.FileInfo) (string, error) {
 		if info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {