diff --git a/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-hdf5.c b/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-hdf5.c
index e27f07387e0d3928947b616e4a0976c4a1dda152..50a77bd5488343644e9224dc131d0672b0f2cafe 100644
--- a/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-hdf5.c
+++ b/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-hdf5.c
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ hid_t DARSHAN_DECL(H5Fcreate)(const char *filename, unsigned flags,
         file = hdf5_file_by_name_sethid(filename, ret);
         if(file)
         {
-            if(file->file_record->fcounters[HDF5_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] == 0)
+            if(file->file_record->fcounters[HDF5_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] == 0 || 
+             file->file_record->fcounters[HDF5_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] > tm1)
                 file->file_record->fcounters[HDF5_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] = tm1;
             file->file_record->counters[HDF5_OPENS] += 1;
         }
@@ -154,7 +155,8 @@ hid_t DARSHAN_DECL(H5Fopen)(const char *filename, unsigned flags,
         file = hdf5_file_by_name_sethid(filename, ret);
         if(file)
         {
-            if(file->file_record->fcounters[HDF5_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] == 0)
+            if(file->file_record->fcounters[HDF5_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] == 0 || 
+             file->file_record->fcounters[HDF5_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] > tm1)
                 file->file_record->fcounters[HDF5_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] = tm1;
             file->file_record->counters[HDF5_OPENS] += 1;
         }
diff --git a/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-mpiio.c b/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-mpiio.c
index 5d60e2bb457f6d05a4834189ebd9075f6c95e5ab..e946415c1c099acb231c871c46b82812a6c1cfd3 100644
--- a/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-mpiio.c
+++ b/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-mpiio.c
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ static void mpiio_shutdown(void);
         file->file_record->counters[MPIIO_COLL_OPENS] += 1; \
     if(__info != MPI_INFO_NULL) \
         file->file_record->counters[MPIIO_HINTS] += 1; \
-    if(file->file_record->fcounters[MPIIO_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] == 0) \
+    if(file->file_record->fcounters[MPIIO_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] == 0 || \
+     file->file_record->fcounters[MPIIO_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] > __tm1) \
         file->file_record->fcounters[MPIIO_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] = __tm1; \
     DARSHAN_TIMER_INC_NO_OVERLAP(file->file_record->fcounters[MPIIO_F_META_TIME], __tm1, __tm2, file->last_meta_end); \
 } while(0)
diff --git a/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-pnetcdf.c b/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-pnetcdf.c
index a0a6344220b3916effda1a0f32e5ddbb57a1a6f1..4b52ec461253778feb12aa308fe10f09fd7fac00 100644
--- a/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-pnetcdf.c
+++ b/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-pnetcdf.c
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ int DARSHAN_DECL(ncmpi_create)(MPI_Comm comm, const char *path,
         file = pnetcdf_file_by_name_setncid(path, (*ncidp));
         if(file)
         {
-            if(file->file_record->fcounters[PNETCDF_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] == 0)
+            if(file->file_record->fcounters[PNETCDF_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] == 0 || 
+             file->file_record->fcounters[PNETCDF_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] > tm1)
                 file->file_record->fcounters[PNETCDF_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] = tm1;
             DARSHAN_MPI_CALL(PMPI_Comm_size)(comm, &comm_size);
             if(comm_size == 1)
@@ -160,7 +161,8 @@ int DARSHAN_DECL(ncmpi_open)(MPI_Comm comm, const char *path,
         file = pnetcdf_file_by_name_setncid(path, (*ncidp));
         if(file)
         {
-            if(file->file_record->fcounters[PNETCDF_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] == 0)
+            if(file->file_record->fcounters[PNETCDF_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] == 0 || 
+             file->file_record->fcounters[PNETCDF_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] > tm1)
                 file->file_record->fcounters[PNETCDF_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] = tm1;
             DARSHAN_MPI_CALL(PMPI_Comm_size)(comm, &comm_size);
             if(comm_size == 1)
diff --git a/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-posix.c b/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-posix.c
index dd637c4140ed10c15d0b6e7afd87e0bb8a5c9ea2..b83957a1167689b80f2391f7b844d4af95c3e153 100644
--- a/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-posix.c
+++ b/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-posix.c
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ static void posix_shutdown(void);
         file->file_record->counters[POSIX_FOPENS] += 1; \
     else \
         file->file_record->counters[POSIX_OPENS] += 1; \
-    if(file->file_record->fcounters[POSIX_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] == 0) \
+    if(file->file_record->fcounters[POSIX_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] == 0 || \
+     file->file_record->fcounters[POSIX_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] > __tm1) \
         file->file_record->fcounters[POSIX_F_OPEN_TIMESTAMP] = __tm1; \
     DARSHAN_TIMER_INC_NO_OVERLAP(file->file_record->fcounters[POSIX_F_META_TIME], __tm1, __tm2, file->last_meta_end); \
 } while(0)