diff --git a/scripts/make-sfx.sh b/scripts/make-sfx.sh
index c811fc51..dec034fd 100755
--- a/scripts/make-sfx.sh
+++ b/scripts/make-sfx.sh
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ git describe --tags >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && {
 		exit 1
 	}
 
-	dt="$(git log -1 --format=%cd --date=format:'%Y,%m,%d' | sed -E 's/,0?/, /g')"
+	dt="$(git log -1 --format=%cd --date=short | sed -E 's/-0?/, /g')"
 	printf 'git %3s: \033[36m%s\033[0m\n' ver "$ver" dt "$dt"
 	sed -ri '
 		s/^(VERSION =)(.*)/#\1\2\n\1 ('"$t_ver"')/;