diff --git a/getsslD b/getsslD
index 820ddd8..aaa3277 100755
--- a/getsslD
+++ b/getsslD
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ create_key() {
   return 1
 }
 
-get_date() {
-  # get current date and time in UTC YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ
-  echo $(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
-}
+#get_date() {
+# get current date and time in UTC YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ
+#  echo "$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+#}
 
 help_message_top() {
 
@@ -252,8 +252,6 @@ if [[ "$1" == "-h" ]] || [[ "$1" == "--help" ]] || [[ "$1" == "" ]]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-printf '%s' $get_date
-
 arg_parser "$@"
 
 }