diff --git a/src/plugins/webreport/NarrativeWeb.py b/src/plugins/webreport/NarrativeWeb.py
index 5b1089018..1f6d071d5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/webreport/NarrativeWeb.py
+++ b/src/plugins/webreport/NarrativeWeb.py
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ class BasePage:
             of.write('</p>\n')
             of.write('\t</div>\n')
 
-        value = _dp.parse(time.strftime('%b %d %Y'))
+        value = _dp.parse(time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'))
         value = _dd.display(value)
         msg = _('Generated by <a href="http://gramps-project.org">'
                 'GRAMPS</a> on %(date)s') % {'date' : value}