diff --git a/assignments/src/MV3500Cohort2019JulySeptember/homework1/BoronTcpExample1Telnet1.java b/assignments/src/MV3500Cohort2019JulySeptember/homework1/BoronTcpExample1Telnet1.java
index 4ad699e106571eb1e89cc0a92adea6cbc892e2be..9d3bbdb3dff6be1f4579c5a1563c428cd065203c 100644
--- a/assignments/src/MV3500Cohort2019JulySeptember/homework1/BoronTcpExample1Telnet1.java
+++ b/assignments/src/MV3500Cohort2019JulySeptember/homework1/BoronTcpExample1Telnet1.java
@@ -53,11 +53,13 @@ public class BoronTcpExample1Telnet1
             OutputStream os = clientConnection.getOutputStream();
             PrintStream  ps = new PrintStream(os);
             
+                    Timestamp timestamp = new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
+                    
                     ps.println("This client response was written by Capt. Jonathan Boron."); // to remote clientnc
-                    ps.println("Connection achieved at time: " + new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis()));
+                    ps.println("Connection achieved at time: " + timestamp);
                     
             System.out.println("This server response was written by Capt. Jonathan Boron."); // to server console
-                 System.out.println("Connection achieved at time: " + new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis()));
+                 System.out.println("Connection achieved at time: " + timestamp);
             // "flush()" in important in that it forces a write 
             // across what is in fact a slow connection
             ps.flush();