diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index bf6e4bc2..1b090914 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 10.10.2011
 - bugfix variable name typo in {html_options} and {html_checkboxes} (Issue #54)
 - bugfix <?xml> tag did create wrong output when caching enabled and the tag was in included subtemplate
+- bugfix Smarty_CacheResource_mysql example was missing strtotime() calls
 
 ===== Smarty-3.1.3  =====
 07.10.2011
diff --git a/demo/plugins/cacheresource.mysql.php b/demo/plugins/cacheresource.mysql.php
index 03455c80..ab8c4751 100644
--- a/demo/plugins/cacheresource.mysql.php
+++ b/demo/plugins/cacheresource.mysql.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Smarty_CacheResource_Mysql extends Smarty_CacheResource_Custom {
         $this->fetch->closeCursor();        
         if ($row) {
             $content = $row['content'];
-            $mtime = $row['modified'];
+            $mtime = strtotime($row['modified']);
         } else {
             $content = null;
             $mtime = null;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class Smarty_CacheResource_Mysql extends Smarty_CacheResource_Custom {
     protected function fetchTimestamp($id, $name, $cache_id, $compile_id)
     {
         $this->fetchTimestamp->execute(array('id' => $id));
-        $mtime = $this->fetchTimestamp->fetchColumn();
+        $mtime = strtotime($this->fetchTimestamp->fetchColumn());
         $this->fetchTimestamp->closeCursor();
         return $mtime;
     }