diff --git a/src/journal/coredumpctl.c b/src/journal/coredumpctl.c
index 7314683309..325f62f3e7 100644
--- a/src/journal/coredumpctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/coredumpctl.c
@@ -383,15 +383,15 @@ static int print_list(FILE* file, sd_journal *j, int had_legend) {
 
         if (!had_legend && !arg_no_legend)
                 fprintf(file, "%-*s %*s %*s %*s %*s %s\n",
-                        FORMAT_TIMESTAMP_MAX-1, "TIME",
+                        FORMAT_TIMESTAMP_WIDTH, "TIME",
                         6, "PID",
                         5, "UID",
                         5, "GID",
                         3, "SIG",
                            "EXE");
 
-        fprintf(file, "%*s %*s %*s %*s %*s %s\n",
-                FORMAT_TIMESTAMP_MAX-1, buf,
+        fprintf(file, "%-*s %*s %*s %*s %*s %s\n",
+                FORMAT_TIMESTAMP_WIDTH, buf,
                 6, strna(pid),
                 5, strna(uid),
                 5, strna(gid),
diff --git a/src/shared/time-util.h b/src/shared/time-util.h
index f68c095605..34ba6c11be 100644
--- a/src/shared/time-util.h
+++ b/src/shared/time-util.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ typedef struct dual_timestamp {
 #define NSEC_PER_YEAR ((usec_t) (31557600ULL*NSEC_PER_SEC))
 
 #define FORMAT_TIMESTAMP_MAX ((4*4+1)+11+9+4+1) /* weekdays can be unicode */
+#define FORMAT_TIMESTAMP_WIDTH 28 /* when outputting, assume this width */
 #define FORMAT_TIMESTAMP_RELATIVE_MAX 256
 #define FORMAT_TIMESPAN_MAX 64