diff --git a/site-lisp/db-utils.el b/site-lisp/db-utils.el
index 1dc5b92..112ce51 100644
--- a/site-lisp/db-utils.el
+++ b/site-lisp/db-utils.el
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ If not given, FORMAT-STRING defaults to some ISO 8601-like format."
    (list (string-to-number (read-string "High (hex): ") 16)
          (string-to-number (read-string "Log (hex): ") 16)))
   (let* ((high-seconds (- high 2208992400)) ; subtract seconds between 1900-01-01 and the epoch
-         (l (% high-seconds 65536))
          (h (lsh high-seconds -16))
+         (l (% high-seconds 65536))
          (u (floor (* (/ low 4294967296.0) 1e6)))
          (p (- low (floor (/ (* u 4294967296) 1e6)))))
     (message