diff --git a/src/console_cmds.cpp b/src/console_cmds.cpp
index 740bbdde88..13784178f5 100644
--- a/src/console_cmds.cpp
+++ b/src/console_cmds.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "engine_base.h"
 #include "game/game.hpp"
 #include "table/strings.h"
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include "safeguards.h"
 
@@ -1302,13 +1303,27 @@ DEF_CONSOLE_CMD(ConGetSeed)
 DEF_CONSOLE_CMD(ConGetDate)
 {
 	if (argc == 0) {
-		IConsoleHelp("Returns the current date (day-month-year) of the game. Usage: 'getdate'");
+		IConsoleHelp("Returns the current date (year-month-day) of the game. Usage: 'getdate'");
 		return true;
 	}
 
 	YearMonthDay ymd;
 	ConvertDateToYMD(_date, &ymd);
-	IConsolePrintF(CC_DEFAULT, "Date: %d-%d-%d", ymd.day, ymd.month + 1, ymd.year);
+	IConsolePrintF(CC_DEFAULT, "Date: %04d-%02d-%02d", ymd.year, ymd.month + 1, ymd.day);
+	return true;
+}
+
+DEF_CONSOLE_CMD(ConGetSysDate)
+{
+	if (argc == 0) {
+		IConsoleHelp("Returns the current date (year-month-day) of your system. Usage: 'getsysdate'");
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	time_t t;
+	time(&t);
+	auto timeinfo = localtime(&t);
+	IConsolePrintF(CC_DEFAULT, "System Date: %04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d", timeinfo->tm_year + 1900, timeinfo->tm_mon + 1, timeinfo->tm_mday, timeinfo->tm_hour, timeinfo->tm_min, timeinfo->tm_sec);
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -1925,6 +1940,7 @@ void IConsoleStdLibRegister()
 	IConsoleCmdRegister("restart",      ConRestart);
 	IConsoleCmdRegister("getseed",      ConGetSeed);
 	IConsoleCmdRegister("getdate",      ConGetDate);
+	IConsoleCmdRegister("getsysdate",   ConGetSysDate);
 	IConsoleCmdRegister("quit",         ConExit);
 	IConsoleCmdRegister("resetengines", ConResetEngines, ConHookNoNetwork);
 	IConsoleCmdRegister("reset_enginepool", ConResetEnginePool, ConHookNoNetwork);