diff --git a/zrep b/zrep
index 800b438..a5ca122 100755
--- a/zrep
+++ b/zrep
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ zrep_status(){
 		else
 			if (( Z_HAS_SNAPPROPS )) ; then
 			typeset sentseconds=`$ZFSGETVAL ${ZREPTAG}:sent $lastsnap`
-			date=`printf "%(%Y/%m/%d-%H:%M:%S)T" #$sentseconds`
+			date=`printf "%(%Y/%m/%d-%H:%M:%S)T" "#$sentseconds"`
 			vdate=${date%:*}
 			fi
 
diff --git a/zrep_status b/zrep_status
index bd662bc..315b55f 100644
--- a/zrep_status
+++ b/zrep_status
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ zrep_status(){
 		else
 			if (( Z_HAS_SNAPPROPS )) ; then
 			typeset sentseconds=`$ZFSGETVAL ${ZREPTAG}:sent $lastsnap`
-			date=`printf "%(%Y/%m/%d-%H:%M:%S)T" #$sentseconds`
+			date=`printf "%(%Y/%m/%d-%H:%M:%S)T" "#$sentseconds"`
 			vdate=${date%:*}
 			fi