diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index d4b7817..48666cb 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1063,30 +1063,28 @@ set_display_width()
 # arg: $1 - version number: main/patch/date
 parse_version_data()
 {
-	local version_data=''
-
 	# note, using ####[[:space:]]+ to avoid having this function also trip the version datas
 	case $1 in
 		date)
-			version_data=$( gawk -F ': ' '
-			/####[[:space:]]+Date:/ {
+			SELF_DATE=$( gawk -F '=' '
+			/^SELF_DATE/ {
 				print $NF
+				break
 			}' "$SELF_PATH/$SELF_NAME" )
 			;;
 		main)
-			version_data=$( gawk '
-			/####[[:space:]]+Version:/ {
-				print $3
+			SELF_VERSION=$( gawk -F '=' '
+			/^SELF_VERSION/ {
+				print $NF
 			}' "$SELF_PATH/$SELF_NAME" )
 			;;
 		patch)
-			version_data=$( gawk '
-			/####[[:space:]]+Patch Number:/ {
-				print $4
+			SELF_PATCH=$( gawk -F '=' '
+			/^SELF_PATCH/ {
+				print $NF
 			}' "$SELF_PATH/$SELF_NAME" )
 			;;
 	esac
-	echo $version_data
 }
 
 initialize_paths()
@@ -1623,6 +1621,7 @@ script_self_updater()
 	print_screen_output "Starting $SELF_NAME self updater."
 	print_screen_output "Currently running $SELF_NAME version number: $SELF_VERSION"
 	print_screen_output "Current version patch number: $SELF_PATCH"
+	print_screen_output "Current version release date: $SELF_DATE"
 	print_screen_output "Updating $SELF_NAME in $SELF_PATH using $2 as download source..."
 	case $DOWNLOADER in
 		curl)
@@ -1648,10 +1647,12 @@ script_self_updater()
 		if [[ -n $( grep '###\*\*EOF\*\*###' <<< "$file_contents" ) ]];then
 			echo "$file_contents" > $SELF_PATH/$SELF_NAME || error_handler 14 "$?"
 			chmod +x $SELF_PATH/$SELF_NAME || error_handler 15 "$?"
-			SELF_VERSION=$( parse_version_data 'main' )
-			SELF_PATCH=$( parse_version_data 'patch' )
+			parse_version_data 'main'
+			parse_version_data 'patch'
+			parse_version_data 'date'
 			print_screen_output "Successfully updated to $2 version: $SELF_VERSION"
 			print_screen_output "New $2 version patch number: $SELF_PATCH"
+			print_screen_output "New $2 version release date: $SELF_DATE"
 			print_screen_output "To run the new version, just start $SELF_NAME again."
 			print_screen_output "----------------------------------------"
 			print_screen_output "Starting download of man page file now."