diff --git a/uptimeatomic b/uptimeatomic
index c5edf9f..8656c24 100755
--- a/uptimeatomic
+++ b/uptimeatomic
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ usage() {
 
 date_rss() {
 	if [ -n "${1}" ]; then
-		date -uj '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z' $(echo "$1")
+		date -uj '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z' ${1}
 	else
 		date -uj '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z'
 	fi
 }
 date_incident() {
 	if [ -n "${1}" ]; then
-		date -uj '+%F %H:%M %Z' $(echo "$1")
+		date -uj '+%F %H:%M %Z' ${1}
 	else
 		date -uj '+%F %H:%M %Z'
 	fi