diff --git a/services/notes.js b/services/notes.js
index 6bd94bbe6..f02fee4d8 100644
--- a/services/notes.js
+++ b/services/notes.js
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ async function updateNote(noteId, newNote, ctx) {
     }
 
     const now = new Date();
+    const nowStr = utils.nowDate();
 
     const historySnapshotTimeInterval = parseInt(await options.getOption('history_snapshot_time_interval'));
 
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ async function updateNote(noteId, newNote, ctx) {
                 note_text: oldNote.note_text,
                 is_protected: 0, // will be fixed in the protectNoteHistory() call
                 date_modified_from: oldNote.date_modified,
-                date_modified_to: now
+                date_modified_to: nowStr
             });
 
             await sync_table.addNoteHistorySync(newNoteHistoryId);
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ async function updateNote(noteId, newNote, ctx) {
             newNote.detail.note_title,
             newNote.detail.note_text,
             newNote.detail.is_protected,
-            now,
+            nowStr,
             noteId]);
 
         await sync_table.addNoteSync(noteId);
diff --git a/services/utils.js b/services/utils.js
index 09f5190d2..6f06a52a9 100644
--- a/services/utils.js
+++ b/services/utils.js
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ function isElectron() {
     return !!process.versions['electron'];
 }
 
-function formatTwoDates(origDate, newDate) {
-    return "orig: " + origDate + ", new: " + newDate;
-}
-
 function hash(text) {
     return crypto.createHash('sha1').update(text).digest('base64');
 }
@@ -88,7 +84,6 @@ module.exports = {
     fromBase64,
     hmac,
     isElectron,
-    formatTwoDates,
     hash,
     isEmptyOrWhitespace
 };
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