diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/nchan/update_3 b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/nchan/update_3
index 268d097bb..8c2541048 100755
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/nchan/update_3
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/nchan/update_3
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ while (true) {
   // current date and time
   $now   = time();
   $clock = date(_var($display,'time')=='%R' ? 'G:i' : 'g:i '.esc('<span class="ampm">').'a'.esc('</span>'),$now);
-  $date  = date(_var($display,'date','%c')=='%c' ? 'D j M Y, T' : my_date($display['date']).', T',$now);
+  $date  = _var($display,'date','%c')=='%c' ? date('D j M Y, T',$now) : my_date($display['date'].', T',$now);
   publish('update3',implode("\n",$echo)."\1".implode("\0",$mode)."\1".implode("\0",$rxtx)."\1".implode("\0",$stat)."\1".$clock."\n"._($date,0));
   $time0 = $time;
   sleep(1);