diff --git a/code/modules/paperwork/paper.dm b/code/modules/paperwork/paper.dm
index e183c3b282..a7d1ad04ab 100644
--- a/code/modules/paperwork/paper.dm
+++ b/code/modules/paperwork/paper.dm
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 	t = replacetext(t, "\[u\]", "<U>")
 	t = replacetext(t, "\[/u\]", "</U>")
 	t = replacetext(t, "\[time\]", "[stationtime2text()]")
-	t = replacetext(t, "\[date\]", "[stationtime2text()]")
+	t = replacetext(t, "\[date\]", "[station_date]")
 	t = replacetext(t, "\[large\]", "<font size=\"4\">")
 	t = replacetext(t, "\[/large\]", "</font>")
 	if(findtext(t, "\[sign\]"))