diff --git a/sonar-ec2-bash-scripts/ays-sonarqube-backup.sh b/sonar-ec2-bash-scripts/ays-sonarqube-backup.sh
index 0473db4..a40917b 100644
--- a/sonar-ec2-bash-scripts/ays-sonarqube-backup.sh
+++ b/sonar-ec2-bash-scripts/ays-sonarqube-backup.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Variables
 DIR_TO_BACKUP="<backup-directory>"  
 BUCKET_NAME="<bucket-name>"
-DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)
+DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M)
 ZIP_NAME="$(basename "$DIR_TO_BACKUP")-backup-$DATE.zip"
 HOME_DIR="/home/$(whoami)"
 ZIP_PATH="$HOME_DIR/$ZIP_NAME"
diff --git a/sonar-ec2-bash-scripts/save-container-logs.sh b/sonar-ec2-bash-scripts/save-container-logs.sh
index 566c441..5200663 100644
--- a/sonar-ec2-bash-scripts/save-container-logs.sh
+++ b/sonar-ec2-bash-scripts/save-container-logs.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CONTAINERS=("<container-1>" "<container-2>" "<container-3>")
 LOG_DIR="<log-directory>"
 BUCKET_NAME="<bucket-name>"
 S3_PATH="<bucket-path>"  # Path within the bucket for log storage
-DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)
+DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M)
 
 # Ensure the log directory exists
 mkdir -p "$LOG_DIR"
diff --git a/sonar-ec2-bash-scripts/upload-log-to-s3.sh b/sonar-ec2-bash-scripts/upload-log-to-s3.sh
index ab13555..d108ddd 100644
--- a/sonar-ec2-bash-scripts/upload-log-to-s3.sh
+++ b/sonar-ec2-bash-scripts/upload-log-to-s3.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Define variables
 LOG_FILE="/home/$(whoami)/ays-sonarqube-backup.sh.log"
 BUCKET_NAME="<bucket-name>"
-DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)
+DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M)
 LOG_FILE_NAME="sonarqube-backup-$DATE-log"
 
 # Upload the log file to S3 with the new name