diff --git a/src/becca/similarity.js b/src/becca/similarity.js
index 5835ca629..bb3320cde 100644
--- a/src/becca/similarity.js
+++ b/src/becca/similarity.js
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@ function buildDateLimits(baseNote) {
     const dateCreatedTs = dateUtils.parseDateTime(baseNote.utcDateCreated).getTime();
 
     return {
-        minDate: dateUtils.utcDateStr(new Date(dateCreatedTs - 3600 * 1000)),
-        minExcludedDate: dateUtils.utcDateStr(new Date(dateCreatedTs - 5 * 1000)),
-        maxExcludedDate: dateUtils.utcDateStr(new Date(dateCreatedTs + 5 * 1000)),
-        maxDate: dateUtils.utcDateStr(new Date(dateCreatedTs + 3600 * 1000)),
+        minDate: dateUtils.utcDateTimeStr(new Date(dateCreatedTs - 3600 * 1000)),
+        minExcludedDate: dateUtils.utcDateTimeStr(new Date(dateCreatedTs - 5 * 1000)),
+        maxExcludedDate: dateUtils.utcDateTimeStr(new Date(dateCreatedTs + 5 * 1000)),
+        maxDate: dateUtils.utcDateTimeStr(new Date(dateCreatedTs + 3600 * 1000)),
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/routes/api/recent_notes.js b/src/routes/api/recent_notes.js
index 41abc6eb1..ff641ecf9 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/recent_notes.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/recent_notes.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function addRecentNote(req) {
 
     if (Math.random() < 0.05) {
         // it's not necessary to run this everytime ...
-        const cutOffDate = dateUtils.utcDateStr(new Date(Date.now() - 24 * 3600 * 1000));
+        const cutOffDate = dateUtils.utcDateTimeStr(new Date(Date.now() - 24 * 3600 * 1000));
 
         sql.execute(`DELETE FROM recent_notes WHERE utcDateCreated < ?`, [cutOffDate]);
     }
diff --git a/src/services/date_notes.js b/src/services/date_notes.js
index 7d44dac17..ef0ea63fd 100644
--- a/src/services/date_notes.js
+++ b/src/services/date_notes.js
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ function getDateNoteTitle(rootNote, dayNumber, dateObj) {
 
     return pattern
         .replace(/{dayInMonthPadded}/g, dayNumber)
-        .replace(/{isoDate}/g, dateUtils.localNowDate())
+        .replace(/{isoDate}/g, dateUtils.utcDateTimeStr(dateObj))
         .replace(/{weekDay}/g, weekDay)
         .replace(/{weekDay3}/g, weekDay.substr(0, 3))
         .replace(/{weekDay2}/g, weekDay.substr(0, 2));
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ function getWeekNote(dateStr, options = {}) {
 
     const dateObj = getStartOfTheWeek(dateUtils.parseLocalDate(dateStr), startOfTheWeek);
 
-    dateStr = dateUtils.utcDateStr(dateObj);
+    dateStr = dateUtils.utcDateTimeStr(dateObj);
 
     return getDateNote(dateStr);
 }
diff --git a/src/services/date_utils.js b/src/services/date_utils.js
index cc84ca5b0..2a5637139 100644
--- a/src/services/date_utils.js
+++ b/src/services/date_utils.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const dayjs = require('dayjs');
 const cls = require('./cls');
 
 function utcNowDateTime() {
-    return utcDateStr(new Date());
+    return utcDateTimeStr(new Date());
 }
 
 // CLS date time is important in web deployments - server often runs in different time zone than user is located in
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function pad(num) {
     return num <= 9 ? `0${num}` : `${num}`;
 }
 
-function utcDateStr(date) {
+function utcDateTimeStr(date) {
     return date.toISOString().replace('T', ' ');
 }
 
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ module.exports = {
     utcNowDateTime,
     localNowDateTime,
     localNowDate,
-    utcDateStr,
+    utcDateTimeStr,
     parseDate,
     parseDateTime,
     parseLocalDate,
     getDateTimeForFile
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/src/services/notes.js b/src/services/notes.js
index 7ccdf8a61..3200e3bce 100644
--- a/src/services/notes.js
+++ b/src/services/notes.js
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ function saveNoteRevision(note) {
     const now = new Date();
     const noteRevisionSnapshotTimeInterval = parseInt(optionService.getOption('noteRevisionSnapshotTimeInterval'));
 
-    const revisionCutoff = dateUtils.utcDateStr(new Date(now.getTime() - noteRevisionSnapshotTimeInterval * 1000));
+    const revisionCutoff = dateUtils.utcDateTimeStr(new Date(now.getTime() - noteRevisionSnapshotTimeInterval * 1000));
 
     const existingNoteRevisionId = sql.getValue(
         "SELECT noteRevisionId FROM note_revisions WHERE noteId = ? AND utcDateCreated >= ?", [note.noteId, revisionCutoff]);
@@ -730,15 +730,15 @@ function eraseDeletedEntities(eraseEntitiesAfterTimeInSeconds = null) {
 
     const cutoffDate = new Date(Date.now() - eraseEntitiesAfterTimeInSeconds * 1000);
 
-    const noteIdsToErase = sql.getColumn("SELECT noteId FROM notes WHERE isDeleted = 1 AND utcDateModified <= ?", [dateUtils.utcDateStr(cutoffDate)]);
+    const noteIdsToErase = sql.getColumn("SELECT noteId FROM notes WHERE isDeleted = 1 AND utcDateModified <= ?", [dateUtils.utcDateTimeStr(cutoffDate)]);
 
     eraseNotes(noteIdsToErase);
 
-    const branchIdsToErase = sql.getColumn("SELECT branchId FROM branches WHERE isDeleted = 1 AND utcDateModified <= ?", [dateUtils.utcDateStr(cutoffDate)]);
+    const branchIdsToErase = sql.getColumn("SELECT branchId FROM branches WHERE isDeleted = 1 AND utcDateModified <= ?", [dateUtils.utcDateTimeStr(cutoffDate)]);
 
     eraseBranches(branchIdsToErase);
 
-    const attributeIdsToErase = sql.getColumn("SELECT attributeId FROM attributes WHERE isDeleted = 1 AND utcDateModified <= ?", [dateUtils.utcDateStr(cutoffDate)]);
+    const attributeIdsToErase = sql.getColumn("SELECT attributeId FROM attributes WHERE isDeleted = 1 AND utcDateModified <= ?", [dateUtils.utcDateTimeStr(cutoffDate)]);
 
     eraseAttributes(attributeIdsToErase);
 }