diff --git a/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/runtime/ScheduledJobIdentifierFactory.java b/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/runtime/ScheduledJobIdentifierFactory.java
index 5b0d8a3f1..29f34886c 100644
--- a/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/runtime/ScheduledJobIdentifierFactory.java
+++ b/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/runtime/ScheduledJobIdentifierFactory.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class ScheduledJobIdentifierFactory implements JobIdentifierFactory {
 
 	private int jobRun = 0;
 
-	private Date scheduleDate = new Date(0L);
+	private Date scheduleDate = new Date();
 
 	public JobIdentifier getJobIdentifier(String name) {