diff --git a/scripts/commit b/scripts/commit
index 44688746..bf2ab137 100755
--- a/scripts/commit
+++ b/scripts/commit
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ if is_git_clean ; then
    log_info "OK:   nothing to commit."
 else
   log_debug "msg:\"$msg\""
-  log_debug "git add . ; git commit -a -m \"\$msg [\$(date --rfc-3339=ns)]\""
+  log_debug "git add . ; git commit -a -m \"\$msg\""
   git add .
-  git commit -a -m "$msg [$(date --rfc-3339=ns)]" >/dev/null
+  git commit -a -m "$msg" >/dev/null
   log_info "OK"
 fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/etckeeper b/scripts/etckeeper
index 268a8677..f0d1235b 100755
--- a/scripts/etckeeper
+++ b/scripts/etckeeper
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ log_info "Checking state of ${NGCPCTL_BASE} files"
 if is_git_clean ; then
   log_info "OK:   nothing to commit."
 else
-  log_debug "etckeeper commit \"ngcpcfg apply on \$(date)\""
-  etckeeper commit "ngcpcfg apply on $(date)" | sed "s/^/$timestamp_replacementchars/"
+  log_debug "etckeeper commit \"ngcpcfg apply\""
+  etckeeper commit "ngcpcfg apply" | sed "s/^/$timestamp_replacementchars/"
 fi
 
 ## END OF FILE #################################################################
diff --git a/scripts/log b/scripts/log
index bd498c8a..59780611 100755
--- a/scripts/log
+++ b/scripts/log
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ if [ -f "${FUNCTIONS}/ha_features" ] ; then
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  git log "$@" --oneline --date-order --graph --date=rfc --format=format:"%h (%ar) %s %d" master origin/master
+  git log "$@" --oneline --date-order --graph --date=rfc --format=format:"%h (%ar) %s [%ai] %d" master origin/master
 
 else
 
-  git log "$@" --oneline --date-order --graph --date=rfc --format=format:"%h (%ar) %s %d" master
+  git log "$@" --oneline --date-order --graph --date=rfc --format=format:"%h (%ar) %s [%ai] %d" master
 
 fi