diff --git a/LCS/MessageBus/test/MessageFuncs.sh.in b/LCS/MessageBus/test/MessageFuncs.sh.in
index f02a181a2064bf02cdcb1e478e63d7142de3e406..73aab099d6c076e54850cdd364f370a21f51e349 100755
--- a/LCS/MessageBus/test/MessageFuncs.sh.in
+++ b/LCS/MessageBus/test/MessageFuncs.sh.in
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function create_queue() {
   #   create_queue [host:]queue
   HOSTQUEUE="$1"
 
-  ts=`date '+%F %T,%3N'`  # e.g. 2015-10-16 16:00:46,186
+  ts=`date '+%F %T.%N'`  # e.g. 2015-10-16 16:00:46.186
   echo "$ts INFO - MessageFuncs.sh: Creating queue $FULL_QUEUE_PREFIX$HOSTQUEUE" >&2
 
   _qpid_receive "$HOSTQUEUE" "; { create: always }" --print-content no --ignore-reply-to
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ function delete_queue() {
   # Will not remove used queues
   HOSTQUEUE="$1"
 
-  ts=`date '+%F %T,%3N'`  # e.g. 2015-10-16 16:00:46,186
-  echo "%ts INFO - MessageFuncs.sh: Deleting queue $FULL_QUEUE_PREFIX$HOSTQUEUE" >&2
+  ts=`date '+%F %T.%N'`  # e.g. 2015-10-16 16:00:46.186
+  echo "$ts INFO - MessageFuncs.sh: Deleting queue $FULL_QUEUE_PREFIX$HOSTQUEUE" >&2
 
   _qpid_receive "$HOSTQUEUE" "; { delete: always }" --print-content no --ignore-reply-to
 }
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/test/testFuncs.sh.in b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/test/testFuncs.sh.in
index 893238a6614eb81e1c52f3a47d0272e5252074b6..93413e709f6b341e2470165d52da7c1bdcb2221a 100755
--- a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/test/testFuncs.sh.in
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/test/testFuncs.sh.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 error()
 {
-  ts=`date '+%F %T,%3N'`  # e.g. 2015-10-16 16:00:46,186
+  ts=`date '+%F %T.%N'`  # e.g. 2015-10-16 16:00:46.186
   echo "$ts ERROR - $@" >&2
   exit 1
 }