diff --git a/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash b/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash
index 9797f8b2..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