diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index fb086ebc54..5ec8c4c9d8 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ mv tmp.md CHANGELOG.md
 
 # Blog post text
 NOTES=$(cat "$BLOGPOST_DRAFT")
-DATE=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
+DATE=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
 ## Blogpost run after lerna version, to get the accurate tags
 BLOGPOST_FILENAME=website/blog/${DATE}-${RELEASE_TAG}-release.md
 RELEASE_TAG=$RELEASE_TAG DATE=$DATE NOTES=$NOTES CHANGELOG=$CHANGELOG perl -p -e 's/\$\{([^}]+)\}/defined $ENV{$1} ? $ENV{$1} : $&/eg' <scripts/blog_template.txt >"$BLOGPOST_FILENAME"
diff --git a/website/blog/2021-07-06-v1.3.1-release.md b/website/blog/2021-07-06-v1.3.1-release.md
index ab3d5b641c..01579bf8ea 100644
--- a/website/blog/2021-07-06-v1.3.1-release.md
+++ b/website/blog/2021-07-06-v1.3.1-release.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: v1.3.1 Release
-date: 2021-07-06
+date: 2021-07-06 14:38:12
 tags: ['release', 'jbrowse 2']
 ---
 
diff --git a/website/blog/2021-07-06-v1.3.2-release.md b/website/blog/2021-07-06-v1.3.2-release.md
index 9d6c684053..8c581617d7 100644
--- a/website/blog/2021-07-06-v1.3.2-release.md
+++ b/website/blog/2021-07-06-v1.3.2-release.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: v1.3.2 Release
-date: 2021-07-06
+date: 2021-07-06 23:38:29
 tags: ['release', 'jbrowse 2']
 ---