diff --git a/doc/motionplus_config.html b/doc/motionplus_config.html
index 439b2e13..945c8444 100644
--- a/doc/motionplus_config.html
+++ b/doc/motionplus_config.html
@@ -614,8 +614,8 @@
                <td bgcolor="#edf4f9" >threshold</a> </td>
                <td bgcolor="#edf4f9" >%Q</a> </td>
                <td bgcolor="#edf4f9" >Number of labels from despeckle</a> </td>
-               <td bgcolor="#edf4f9" >%{dbeventid}</a> </td>
-               <td bgcolor="#edf4f9" >See <a href="#sql_query_start">sql_query_start</a> </a> </td>
+               <td bgcolor="#edf4f9" >%{eventid}</a> </td>
+               <td bgcolor="#edf4f9" >Unique identifier for event (cam id + date/time)</a> </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td bgcolor="#edf4f9" >%$</a> </td>
diff --git a/src/motion_loop.cpp b/src/motion_loop.cpp
index 4ce03670..723d5e05 100644
--- a/src/motion_loop.cpp
+++ b/src/motion_loop.cpp
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ static void mlp_info_reset(ctx_cam *cam)
 /* Process the motion detected items*/
 static void mlp_detected_trigger(ctx_cam *cam, ctx_image_data *img)
 {
+    time_t raw_time;
+    struct tm evt_tm;
+
     if (img->flags & IMAGE_TRIGGER) {
         if (cam->event_nr != cam->prev_event) {
             mlp_info_reset(cam);
@@ -191,6 +194,11 @@ static void mlp_detected_trigger(ctx_cam *cam, ctx_image_data *img)
                 cam->algsec->isdetected = false;
             }
 
+            time(&raw_time);
+            localtime_r(&raw_time, &evt_tm);
+            sprintf(cam->eventid, "%05d", cam->camera_id);
+            strftime(cam->eventid+5, 15, "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", &evt_tm);
+
             MOTION_LOG(NTC, TYPE_ALL, NO_ERRNO, _("Motion detected - starting event %d"),
                        cam->event_nr);
 
diff --git a/src/motionplus.hpp b/src/motionplus.hpp
index cbf8ceec..07700d73 100644
--- a/src/motionplus.hpp
+++ b/src/motionplus.hpp
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ struct ctx_cam {
 
     int                     event_nr;
     int                     prev_event;
-    unsigned long long      database_event_id;
+    char                    eventid[20];        /* Cam ID + Date/Time 99999yyyymmddhhmmss */
     char                    text_event_string[PATH_MAX];        /* The text for conv. spec. %C - */
     int                     text_scale;
 
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index fca5a531..12894d64 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ static void mystrftime_long (const ctx_cam *cam,
         sprintf(out, "%*d", width, cam->movie_fps);
         return;
     }
-    if (SPECIFIERWORD("dbeventid")) {
-        sprintf(out, "%*llu", width, cam->database_event_id);
+    if (SPECIFIERWORD("eventid")) {
+        sprintf(out, "%*s", width, cam->eventid);
         return;
     }
     if (SPECIFIERWORD("ver")) {