diff --git a/linux/LinuxProcess.c b/linux/LinuxProcess.c
index ba0779fb..68baf96d 100644
--- a/linux/LinuxProcess.c
+++ b/linux/LinuxProcess.c
@@ -225,13 +225,6 @@ void LinuxProcess_writeField(Process* this, RichString* str, ProcessField field)
    case STIME: Process_printTime(str, lp->stime); return;
    case CUTIME: Process_printTime(str, lp->cutime); return;
    case CSTIME: Process_printTime(str, lp->cstime); return;
-   case STARTTIME: {
-     struct tm date;
-     time_t starttimewall = btime + (lp->starttime / sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK));
-     (void) localtime_r(&starttimewall, &date);
-     strftime(buffer, n, ((starttimewall > time(NULL) - 86400) ? "%R " : "%b%d "), &date);
-     break;
-   }
    #ifdef HAVE_TASKSTATS
    case RCHAR:  Process_colorNumber(str, lp->io_rchar, coloring); return;
    case WCHAR:  Process_colorNumber(str, lp->io_wchar, coloring); return;
@@ -334,12 +327,6 @@ long LinuxProcess_compare(const void* v1, const void* v2) {
    case CUTIME: diff = p2->cutime - p1->cutime; goto test_diff;
    case STIME:  diff = p2->stime - p1->stime; goto test_diff;
    case CSTIME: diff = p2->cstime - p1->cstime; goto test_diff;
-   case STARTTIME: {
-      if (p1->starttime == p2->starttime)
-         return (p1->super.pid - p2->super.pid);
-      else
-         return (p1->starttime - p2->starttime);
-   }
    #ifdef HAVE_TASKSTATS
    case RCHAR:  diff = p2->io_rchar - p1->io_rchar; goto test_diff;
    case WCHAR:  diff = p2->io_wchar - p1->io_wchar; goto test_diff;
diff --git a/linux/LinuxProcess.h b/linux/LinuxProcess.h
index 8113193f..ac80317d 100644
--- a/linux/LinuxProcess.h
+++ b/linux/LinuxProcess.h
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ typedef struct LinuxProcess_ {
    long m_drs;
    long m_lrs;
    long m_dt;
-   unsigned long long starttime;
    #ifdef HAVE_TASKSTATS
    unsigned long long io_rchar;
    unsigned long long io_wchar;
diff --git a/linux/LinuxProcessList.c b/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
index 7a31debf..ceb7f7bf 100644
--- a/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
+++ b/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
@@ -260,9 +260,8 @@ void ProcessList_delete(ProcessList* pl) {
    free(this);
 }
 
-static double jiffy = NAN;
-
 static inline unsigned long long LinuxProcess_adjustTime(unsigned long long t) {
+   static double jiffy = NAN;
    if(isnan(jiffy)) {
       errno = 0;
       long sc_jiffy = sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK);
@@ -345,7 +344,11 @@ static bool LinuxProcessList_readStatFile(Process *process, const char* dirname,
    process->nlwp = strtol(location, &location, 10);
    location += 1;
    location = strchr(location, ' ')+1;
-   lp->starttime = strtoll(location, &location, 10);
+   if (process->starttime_ctime == 0) {
+      process->starttime_ctime = btime + LinuxProcess_adjustTime(strtoll(location, &location, 10)) / 100;
+   } else {
+      location = strchr(location, ' ')+1;
+   }
    location += 1;
    for (int i=0; i<15; i++) location = strchr(location, ' ')+1;
    process->exit_signal = strtol(location, &location, 10);
@@ -1032,6 +1035,10 @@ static bool LinuxProcessList_recurseProcTree(LinuxProcessList* this, const char*
             goto errorReadingProcess;
          }
 
+         struct tm date;
+         (void) localtime_r(&proc->starttime_ctime, &date);
+         strftime(proc->starttime_show, 7, ((proc->starttime_ctime > tv.tv_sec - 86400) ? "%R " : "%b%d "), &date);
+
          ProcessList_add(pl, proc);
       } else {
          if (settings->updateProcessNames && proc->state != 'Z') {