diff --git a/files/pushgit.sh b/files/pushgit.sh
index e816c09..718879b 100644
--- a/files/pushgit.sh
+++ b/files/pushgit.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 echo $(hostname) > /mnt/data/etc/vestasync/hostname
 export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="vestasync_wb_$(hostname)"
 export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="vestasync_wb_$(hostname)"
+export LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8
 cd /mnt/data/etc/ > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
 git add . > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
-git commit -m "$(date)" > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+git commit -m "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z %Z")" > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
 git push -u origin master > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
diff --git a/files/pushgit_inotify.sh b/files/pushgit_inotify.sh
index 86d8940..0566d64 100644
--- a/files/pushgit_inotify.sh
+++ b/files/pushgit_inotify.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ do
     echo $(hostname) > /mnt/data/etc/vestasync/hostname
     export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="vestasync_wb_$(hostname)_inotify"
     export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="vestasync_wb_$(hostname)_inotify"
+    export LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8
     cd /mnt/data/etc/
     git add .
-    git commit -m "$(date)"
+    git commit -m "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z %Z")" # > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
     git push -u origin master
 done