diff --git a/blogthon.cgi b/blogthon.cgi
index 8cdfa5a..8152472 100755
--- a/blogthon.cgi
+++ b/blogthon.cgi
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ if feed_display == "atom":
 	blog_title_md5sum = generate_uuid(blog_title)
 	title_md5sum = generate_uuid(title)
 
+	# Atom need a 2byte string
+	month = str(date[1])
+	day = str(date[2])
+	if len(str(date[1])) == 1: month = '0' + str(date[1])
+	if len(str(date[2])) == 1: day = '0' + str(date[2])
+
 	document_header("atom")	
 	print '<link href="' + blog_url + '/?feed=atom" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/>'
 	print '    <author>'
@@ -165,13 +171,13 @@ if feed_display == "atom":
 	print '    </author>'
 	print '    <title>' + blog_title + '</title>'
 	print '    <id>urn:uuid:' + blog_title_md5sum + '</id>'
-	print '    <updated>' + str(date[0]) + '-0' + str(date[1]) + '-' + str(date[2]) + 'T' + str(date[3]) + ':' + str(date[4]) + ':' + str(date[5]) + 'Z</updated>'
+	print '    <updated>' + str(date[0]) + '-' + month + '-' + day + 'T' + str(date[3]) + ':' + str(date[4]) + ':' + str(date[5]) + 'Z</updated>'
 	print ''
 	print '    <entry>'
 	print '        <title>' + title + '</title>'
 	print '        <link href="' + blog_url + '"/>'
 	print '        <id>urn:uuid:' + title_md5sum + '</id>'
-	print '        <updated>' + str(date[0]) + '-0' + str(date[1]) + '-' + str(date[2]) + 'T' + str(date[3]) + ':' + str(date[4]) + ':' + str(date[5]) + 'Z</updated>'
+	print '        <updated>' + str(date[0]) + '-' + month + '-' + day + 'T' + str(date[3]) + ':' + str(date[4]) + ':' + str(date[5]) + 'Z</updated>'
 	print '    </entry>'
 	print '</feed>'