diff --git a/livesupport/products/scheduler/src/GetVersionMethod.cxx b/livesupport/products/scheduler/src/GetVersionMethod.cxx
index 94d280836..53237081f 100644
--- a/livesupport/products/scheduler/src/GetVersionMethod.cxx
+++ b/livesupport/products/scheduler/src/GetVersionMethod.cxx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  
  
     Author   : $Author: maroy $
-    Version  : $Revision: 1.1 $
+    Version  : $Revision: 1.2 $
     Location : $Source: /home/paul/cvs2svn-livesupport/newcvsrepo/livesupport/products/scheduler/src/GetVersionMethod.cxx,v $
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ const std::string GetVersionMethod::methodName = "getVersion";
  *  The version string.
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 const std::string GetVersionMethod::versionStr =
-                                    "Scheduler Daemon (" PACKAGE_VERSION ")";
+                                               "LiveSupport Scheduler Daemon "
+                                               PACKAGE_VERSION " "
+                                               __DATE__;
 
 
 /* ===============================================  local function prototypes */
diff --git a/livesupport/products/scheduler/src/GetVersionMethodTest.cxx b/livesupport/products/scheduler/src/GetVersionMethodTest.cxx
index 0fb349559..5dc6483f8 100644
--- a/livesupport/products/scheduler/src/GetVersionMethodTest.cxx
+++ b/livesupport/products/scheduler/src/GetVersionMethodTest.cxx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  
  
     Author   : $Author: maroy $
-    Version  : $Revision: 1.1 $
+    Version  : $Revision: 1.2 $
     Location : $Source: /home/paul/cvs2svn-livesupport/newcvsrepo/livesupport/products/scheduler/src/GetVersionMethodTest.cxx,v $
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ using namespace LiveSupport::Scheduler;
 CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(GetVersionMethodTest);
 
 /**
- *  The persumed version string.
+ *  The prefix of the persumed version string.
  */
-static const std::string versionStr = "Scheduler Daemon (" PACKAGE_VERSION ")";
+static const std::string versionPrefix = "LiveSupport Scheduler Daemon";
 
 
 /* ===============================================  local function prototypes */
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ GetVersionMethodTest :: firstTest(void)
         CPPUNIT_FAIL(eMsg.str());
     }
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(result.hasMember("version"));
-    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(result["version"] == versionStr);
+    std::string versionStr = result["version"];
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(versionStr.find(versionPrefix) == 0);
 }
 
diff --git a/livesupport/products/scheduler/src/SchedulerDaemonGetVersionTest.cxx b/livesupport/products/scheduler/src/SchedulerDaemonGetVersionTest.cxx
index f823c8345..f54c85767 100644
--- a/livesupport/products/scheduler/src/SchedulerDaemonGetVersionTest.cxx
+++ b/livesupport/products/scheduler/src/SchedulerDaemonGetVersionTest.cxx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  
  
     Author   : $Author: maroy $
-    Version  : $Revision: 1.1 $
+    Version  : $Revision: 1.2 $
     Location : $Source: /home/paul/cvs2svn-livesupport/newcvsrepo/livesupport/products/scheduler/src/Attic/SchedulerDaemonGetVersionTest.cxx,v $
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(SchedulerDaemonGetVersionTest);
 static const std::string configFileName = "etc/scheduler.xml";
 
 /**
- *  The persumed version string.
+ *  The prefix of the persumed version string.
  */
-static const std::string versionStr = "Scheduler Daemon (" PACKAGE_VERSION ")";
+static const std::string versionPrefix = "LiveSupport Scheduler Daemon";
 
 
 /* ===============================================  local function prototypes */
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ SchedulerDaemonGetVersionTest :: simpleTest(void)
     xmlRpcClient.execute("getVersion", parameters, result);
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(!result.hasMember("errorCode"));
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(result.hasMember("version"));
-    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(result["version"] == versionStr);
+    std::string versionStr = result["version"];
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(versionStr.find(versionPrefix) == 0);
 }