diff --git a/gpg2.changes b/gpg2.changes
index efdac36..74f1f90 100644
--- a/gpg2.changes
+++ b/gpg2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug  4 12:17:14 UTC 2016 - tchvatal@suse.com
+
+- Fix date call as the curlified parameter for sure are not parsed
+  correctly by escaping it with %
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug  3 11:56:58 UTC 2016 - astieger@suse.com
 
diff --git a/gpg2.spec b/gpg2.spec
index 50b3494..29b9d7f 100644
--- a/gpg2.spec
+++ b/gpg2.spec
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ gpg-agent, and a keybox library.
 %patch12 -p1
 
 %build
-date=$(date -u +%{Y}-%{m}-%{dT}%{H}:%{M}+0000 -r %{SOURCE99})
+date=$(date -u +%%Y-%%m-%%dT%%H:%%M+0000 -r %{SOURCE99})
 %configure \
     --libexecdir=%{_libdir} \
     --docdir=%{_docdir}/%{name} \