diff --git a/tools/automator/src/blog/release.rs b/tools/automator/src/blog/release.rs
index 554d7c87f..550c957fa 100644
--- a/tools/automator/src/blog/release.rs
+++ b/tools/automator/src/blog/release.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use super::util;
 pub async fn create_release_announcement(
     octocrab: &Octocrab,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let date = util::date();
+    let date = util::now_ymd();
 
     let pull_requests_since_last_release =
         PullRequestsSinceLastRelease::fetch(octocrab).await?;
diff --git a/tools/automator/src/blog/util.rs b/tools/automator/src/blog/util.rs
index dc61b008a..aa0b00218 100644
--- a/tools/automator/src/blog/util.rs
+++ b/tools/automator/src/blog/util.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use anyhow::Context;
 use chrono::{Datelike, Utc};
 use tokio::fs::{self, File};
 
-pub fn date() -> String {
+pub fn now_ymd() -> String {
     let now = Utc::now();
     format!("{}-{:02}-{:02}", now.year(), now.month(), now.day())
 }