diff --git a/aliases/jekyll.aliases.bash b/aliases/jekyll.aliases.bash
index 11922d6c..e52c0351 100644
--- a/aliases/jekyll.aliases.bash
+++ b/aliases/jekyll.aliases.bash
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 # Open the root of your site in your vim or builtin cd to it
 
 if [[ $EDITOR = "vim" ]]
-then alias newentry="builtin cd $JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT && $EDITOR ."
-else alias newentry="builtin cd $JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT"
+then 
+	alias newentry="builtin cd $JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT && $EDITOR ."
+else 
+	alias newentry="builtin cd $JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT"
 fi
 
-# Open the _posts/ directory for making a new blog post (seperate from above alias because not everyone uses jekyll for a blog)
-
-# if [ $editor = "vim" ]
-# then
-# 	alias newpost="builtin cd $jekyll_local_root/_posts && $editor ."
-# else
-# 	alias newpost="builtin cd $jekyll_local_root"
-# fi
-
 # Build and locally serve the site
 
 alias testsite="builtin cd $JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT && jekyll --server --auto"
diff --git a/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash b/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash
index e87b82db..aebe69bc 100644
--- a/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash
+++ b/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ newpost() {
 	# Now we have to get the date, again. But this time for in the header (YAML Front Matter) of
 	# the file
 
-	YAML_DATE=$(date "+%B %d %X")
+	YAML_DATE=$(date "+%B %d %Y %X")
 
 	# Echo the YAML Formatted date to the post file
 
@@ -204,5 +204,5 @@ newpost() {
 
 	# Open the file in your favorite editor
 
-	$EDITOR $FNAME
+	"$EDITOR" $FNAME
 }