diff --git a/etc/periodic/daily/460.status-mail-rejects b/etc/periodic/daily/460.status-mail-rejects
index 596af492cd6b..34f1df24becc 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/daily/460.status-mail-rejects
+++ b/etc/periodic/daily/460.status-mail-rejects
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ case "$daily_status_mail_rejects_enable" in
 	    echo
 	    echo Checking for rejected mail hosts:
 
-	    start=`date -v-1d '+%b %d' | sed 's/0\(.\)$/ \1/'`
+	    start=`date -v-1d '+%b %e'`
 	    n=$(($daily_status_mail_rejects_logs - 2))
 	    rc=$({
 		while [ $n -ge 0 ]
diff --git a/etc/periodic/daily/470.status-named b/etc/periodic/daily/470.status-named
index daedac037474..5607bfb97bfc 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/daily/470.status-named
+++ b/etc/periodic/daily/470.status-named
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ case "$daily_status_named_enable" in
 	echo
 	echo 'Checking for denied zone transfers (AXFR and IXFR):'
 
-	start=`date -v-1d '+%b %d' | sed 's/0\(.\)$/ \1/'`
+	start=`date -v-1d '+%b %e'`
 	rc=$(catmsgs |
 	    fgrep '^'"$start"'.*named\[[[:digit:]]\+\]: denied [AI]XFR from \[.*\]\.[[:digit:]]\+ for' | \
 	    sed -e 's/.*: denied [AI]XFR from \[\(.*\)\]\.[[:digit:]]* for "\(.*\)".*$/\2 from \1/'