diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb9f53b..36ccf7a 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Append a key and value to the bson object where the value is a double-precision
 
 Append a key and a boolean value to the bson object.
 
-* $bson clock $key $epoch
+* $bson date $key $epoch
 
 Append a key and epoch to the bson object.  Stored in milliseconds but program multiplies by 100.  Probably shouldn't and you should use clock clicks -milliseconds for current time.
 
diff --git a/generic/bson.c b/generic/bson.c
index faf254c..dd3f714 100644
--- a/generic/bson.c
+++ b/generic/bson.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ mongotcl_appendBsonFromObjects(Tcl_Interp *interp, bson *bson, Tcl_Obj *CONST bs
 		"long",
         "double",
         "bool",
-        "clock",
+		"date",
 		"null",
 		"undefined",
 		"binary_generic",
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ mongotcl_appendBsonFromObjects(Tcl_Interp *interp, bson *bson, Tcl_Obj *CONST bs
 		OPT_APPEND_LONG,
 		OPT_APPEND_DOUBLE,
 		OPT_APPEND_BOOL,
-		OPT_APPEND_CLOCK,
+		OPT_APPEND_DATE,
 		OPT_APPEND_NULL,
 		OPT_APPEND_UNDEFINED,
 		OPT_APPEND_BINARY_GENERIC,
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ mongotcl_appendBsonFromObjects(Tcl_Interp *interp, bson *bson, Tcl_Obj *CONST bs
 			return mongotcl_appendBsonFromObject(interp, bson, BSON_BOOL, 0, key, valueObj);
 		}
 
-		case OPT_APPEND_CLOCK: {
+		case OPT_APPEND_DATE: {
 			return mongotcl_appendBsonFromObject(interp, bson, BSON_DATE, 0, key, valueObj);
 		}