diff --git a/wp-app.php b/wp-app.php
index 29994e43e1..20ea9a29c1 100644
--- a/wp-app.php
+++ b/wp-app.php
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ EOD;
 <?php endif; ?>
 <link rel="last" type="<?php echo $this->ATOM_CONTENT_TYPE ?>" href="<?php $this->the_entries_url($last_page) ?>" />
 <link rel="self" type="<?php echo $this->ATOM_CONTENT_TYPE ?>" href="<?php $this->the_entries_url($self_page) ?>" />
-<rights type="text">Copyright <?php echo mysql2date('Y', get_lastpostdate('blog')); ?></rights>
+<rights type="text">Copyright <?php echo date('Y'); ?></rights>
 <?php the_generator( 'atom' ); ?>
 <?php if ( have_posts() ) {
 			while ( have_posts() ) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index 506f6e1321..3dbd4f9d0b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -2931,13 +2931,13 @@ function get_lastpostdate($timezone = 'server') {
 	if ( !isset($cache_lastpostdate[$blog_id][$timezone]) ) {
 		switch(strtolower($timezone)) {
 			case 'gmt':
-				$lastpostdate = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT post_date_gmt FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY post_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 1");
+				$lastpostdate = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT post_date_gmt FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' AND post_type = 'post' ORDER BY post_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 1");
 				break;
 			case 'blog':
-				$lastpostdate = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT post_date FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY post_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 1");
+				$lastpostdate = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT post_date FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' AND post_type = 'post' ORDER BY post_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 1");
 				break;
 			case 'server':
-				$lastpostdate = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT DATE_ADD(post_date_gmt, INTERVAL '$add_seconds_server' SECOND) FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY post_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 1");
+				$lastpostdate = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT DATE_ADD(post_date_gmt, INTERVAL '$add_seconds_server' SECOND) FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' AND post_type = 'post' ORDER BY post_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 1");
 				break;
 		}
 		$cache_lastpostdate[$blog_id][$timezone] = $lastpostdate;
@@ -2970,13 +2970,13 @@ function get_lastpostmodified($timezone = 'server') {
 	if ( !isset($cache_lastpostmodified[$blog_id][$timezone]) ) {
 		switch(strtolower($timezone)) {
 			case 'gmt':
-				$lastpostmodified = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT post_modified_gmt FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY post_modified_gmt DESC LIMIT 1");
+				$lastpostmodified = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT post_modified_gmt FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' AND post_type = 'post' ORDER BY post_modified_gmt DESC LIMIT 1");
 				break;
 			case 'blog':
-				$lastpostmodified = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT post_modified FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY post_modified_gmt DESC LIMIT 1");
+				$lastpostmodified = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT post_modified FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' AND post_type = 'post' ORDER BY post_modified_gmt DESC LIMIT 1");
 				break;
 			case 'server':
-				$lastpostmodified = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT DATE_ADD(post_modified_gmt, INTERVAL '$add_seconds_server' SECOND) FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY post_modified_gmt DESC LIMIT 1");
+				$lastpostmodified = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT DATE_ADD(post_modified_gmt, INTERVAL '$add_seconds_server' SECOND) FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' AND post_type = 'post' ORDER BY post_modified_gmt DESC LIMIT 1");
 				break;
 		}
 		$lastpostdate = get_lastpostdate($timezone);