diff --git a/issues/_template/metadata.sh b/issues/_template/metadata.sh
index 74d9d18..d204ae9 100644
--- a/issues/_template/metadata.sh
+++ b/issues/_template/metadata.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-PUBLISHED_DATE="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
+PUBLISHED_DATE="YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SSZ"
diff --git a/issues/issue-1/70_LINKS.html b/issues/issue-1/70_LINKS.html
index 71d5a7c..d4f0457 100644
--- a/issues/issue-1/70_LINKS.html
+++ b/issues/issue-1/70_LINKS.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
🐡🐡🐡
Going further
diff --git a/issues/issue-2/metadata.sh b/issues/issue-2/metadata.sh
index 01f2faa..74d9d18 100644
--- a/issues/issue-2/metadata.sh
+++ b/issues/issue-2/metadata.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-PUBLISHED_DATE="FIXME%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
+PUBLISHED_DATE="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
diff --git a/issues/tools/make_issue.sh b/issues/tools/make_issue.sh
index e235ab8..bb1b41b 100755
--- a/issues/tools/make_issue.sh
+++ b/issues/tools/make_issue.sh
@@ -55,4 +55,11 @@ else
fi
# replace date
-sed -i "s/__DATE__/${PUBLISHED_DATE}/" $DESTFILENAME
+HUMAN_DATE="$(date -j -f "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ" "${PUBLISHED_DATE}" +"%B %e, %Y")" 2>/dev/null
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+ echo "err: Please fill metadata.sh with ISO-8601 valid date"
+ exit 1
+else
+ sed -i "s/__DATE__/${HUMAN_DATE}/" $DESTFILENAME
+fi