diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mob/MobFileCleanupUtil.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mob/MobFileCleanupUtil.java
index 966be88f77e8..556ab6085fdd 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mob/MobFileCleanupUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mob/MobFileCleanupUtil.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ public static void cleanupObsoleteMobFiles(Configuration conf, TableName table,
       return;
     } else {
       LOG.info("Only MOB files whose creation time older than {} will be archived, table={}",
-        maxCreationTimeToArchive, table);
+        new Date(maxCreationTimeToArchive), table);
     }
 
     FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(conf);