diff --git a/app/lib/service/download_counts/sync_download_counts.dart b/app/lib/service/download_counts/sync_download_counts.dart
index 1f7b0a1fa3..79751a53e4 100644
--- a/app/lib/service/download_counts/sync_download_counts.dart
+++ b/app/lib/service/download_counts/sync_download_counts.dart
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Future<void> syncDownloadCounts() async {
     final syncDate = today.addCalendarDays(-i);
     final fileName = [
       'daily_download_counts',
-      '${syncDate.year}-${syncDate.month}-${syncDate.day}T00:00:00Z',
+      formatDateForFileName(syncDate),
       'data-000000000000.jsonl',
     ].join('/');
     final success = await processDownloadCounts(fileName, syncDate);
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Future<void> syncDownloadCounts() async {
   }
   final yesterdayFileName = [
     'daily_download_counts',
-    '${yesterday.year}-${yesterday.month}-${yesterday.day}T00:00:00Z',
+    formatDateForFileName(yesterday),
     'data-000000000000.jsonl',
   ].join('/');
 
@@ -171,3 +171,9 @@ Future<void> syncDownloadCounts() async {
     }
   }
 }
+
+String formatDateForFileName(DateTime date) {
+  final month = date.month.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
+  final day = date.day.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
+  return '${date.year}-$month-${day}T00:00:00Z';
+}
diff --git a/app/test/service/download_counts/download_counts_test.dart b/app/test/service/download_counts/download_counts_test.dart
index f9bd4350a6..45f6df0581 100644
--- a/app/test/service/download_counts/download_counts_test.dart
+++ b/app/test/service/download_counts/download_counts_test.dart
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ void main() {
         final date = today.addCalendarDays(-i);
         final fileName = [
           'daily_download_counts',
-          '${date.year}-${date.month}-${date.day}T00:00:00Z',
+          formatDateForFileName(date),
           'data-000000000000.jsonl',
         ].join('/');
         await generateFakeDownloadCounts(
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ void main() {
         final date = today.addCalendarDays(-i);
         final fileName = [
           'daily_download_counts',
-          '${date.year}-${date.month}-${date.day}T00:00:00Z',
+          formatDateForFileName(date),
           'data-000000000000.jsonl',
         ].join('/');
         await generateFakeDownloadCounts(
@@ -271,15 +271,14 @@ void main() {
           messages,
           contains('Failed to read '
               '"daily_download_counts/'
-              '${yesterday.year}-${yesterday.month}-${yesterday.day}'
-              'T00:00:00Z/data-000000000000.jsonl".'));
+              '${formatDateForFileName(yesterday)}'
+              '/data-000000000000.jsonl".'));
       expect(
           messages,
           contains(
               'Download counts sync was partial. The following files failed:\n'
-              '[daily_download_counts/'
-              '${yesterday.year}-${yesterday.month}-${yesterday.day}'
-              'T00:00:00Z/data-000000000000.jsonl]'));
+              '[daily_download_counts/${formatDateForFileName(yesterday)}'
+              '/data-000000000000.jsonl]'));
     });
 
     testWithProfile('Sync download counts - fail', fn: () async {
@@ -290,7 +289,7 @@ void main() {
         final date = today.addCalendarDays(-i);
         final fileName = [
           'daily_download_counts',
-          '${date.year}-${date.month}-${date.day}T00:00:00Z',
+          formatDateForFileName(date),
           'data-000000000000.jsonl',
         ].join('/');
         await generateFakeDownloadCounts(
@@ -310,8 +309,8 @@ void main() {
           exception,
           'Exception: Download counts sync was partial. The following files failed:'
           '[daily_download_counts/'
-          '${skippedDate.year}-${skippedDate.month}-${skippedDate.day}'
-          'T00:00:00Z/data-000000000000.jsonl]');
+          '${formatDateForFileName(skippedDate)}'
+          '/data-000000000000.jsonl]');
 
       final countData =
           await downloadCountsBackend.lookupDownloadCountData('neon');