diff --git a/.githooks/post-merge b/.githooks/post-merge
index 1559a75..5615bc7 100755
--- a/.githooks/post-merge
+++ b/.githooks/post-merge
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ get_commit_for_blob () {
 }
 
 for fn in $(git diff-tree -r HEAD@{1} HEAD --name-only); do
-    local __date = $(date +"%Y-%m-%dT%T")
+    local __datum = $(date +"%Y-%m-%dT%T")
     if grep -E -q "(DC.*json|dc.*hex|dc.*bin|tariff.*json)" <<< $fn; then
         # called in repository: $fn is e.g. etc/psa_tariff/tariff01.json
         # add '/' prefix
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ for fn in $(git diff-tree -r HEAD@{1} HEAD --name-only); do
         #    fsize=$(ls -l "$fn" | awk '{ print $5 }')
         #    echo "$fn $fsize $blob $commit" >> $GIT_PULL_TMP
         # fi
-        echo "DOWNLOAD, $fn, $__date, N/A" >> "$GIT_UPDATE_LOG"
+        echo "DOWNLOAD, $fn, $__datum, N/A" >> "$GIT_UPDATE_LOG"
     fi
     if grep -E -q ".*opkg_commands" <<< $fn; then
         readarray opkg_commands < <(cat $fn)
         for opkg_c in "${opkg_commands[@]}"; do
             test -z $opkg_c && continue;
             test ! -z $(grep -E "^\s*[#]+.*$" <<< $opkg_c) && continue
-            echo -n "EXECUTE, $opkg_c, $__date, N/A" | tr -d '\n\r' >> $GIT_UPDATE_LOG 2>&1
+            echo -n "EXECUTE, $opkg_c, $__datum, N/A" | tr -d '\n\r' >> $GIT_UPDATE_LOG 2>&1
             echo "" >> $GIT_UPDATE_LOG 2>&1
         done
         # source "$fn"