diff --git a/ansible/roles/cassandra-backup/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/cassandra-backup/tasks/main.yml
index 86e53195a6cbb1604e3d7009fd49ce8f51c2d0fb..c9313f0958546cf79ce0f591441fad8ce00d251b 100755
--- a/ansible/roles/cassandra-backup/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/cassandra-backup/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     mode: 0755
 
 - set_fact:
-    cassandra_backup_gzip_file_name: "cassandra-backup-{{ lookup('pipe', 'date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S') }}-{{ ansible_hostname }}-new"
+    cassandra_backup_gzip_file_name: "cassandra-backup-{{ lookup('pipe', 'date +%Y%m%d') }}-{{ ansible_hostname }}-new"
 
 - name: run the backup script
   become: yes