diff --git a/templates/shared-utils.tpl.html b/templates/shared-utils.tpl.html
index bef556e6..2021124e 100644
--- a/templates/shared-utils.tpl.html
+++ b/templates/shared-utils.tpl.html
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 <!--% MACRO day_from_date(eps_date) BLOCK %-->
 <!--% USE eps_day = date(format => '%A', locale => 'en_US', gmt => 1)  %-->
-<!--% eps_date = "$eps_date 0:0:0"; eps_day.format(eps_date) %-->
+<!--% eps_day.format("$eps_date 0:0:0") %-->
 <!--% END %-->
 
 <!--% MACRO tag_to_id(tag, is_index) BLOCK %-->