diff --git a/workflow/templates/easy/EASYconsole.m b/workflow/templates/easy/EASYconsole.m
index 081cd761..7f256999 100644
--- a/workflow/templates/easy/EASYconsole.m
+++ b/workflow/templates/easy/EASYconsole.m
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ function varargout = EASYconsole(varargin)
   easyDir=fullfile(easyDir);
   [parentDir, ~]=fileparts(easyDir);
   userName=system('whoami');
-  now=datetime('now');
-  todayDateStr=datestr(now, 'yyyymmdd');
+  todayStr=datetime('now', 'Format', 'yyyyMMdd'); % This should match the parent workflow script
 
   disp(strcat('This script name: ', easyFileName))
 
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ function varargout = EASYconsole(varargin)
       disp("This usually means that you are attempting to run an EASY analysis on another user's project data scans");
     end
     % For happiness
-    if todayDateStr == scansDate
+    if todayStr == scansDate
       disp("Early bird gets the worm");
     end
   end
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ function varargout = EASYconsole(varargin)
     easyResultsDir=fullfile(get_env('EASY_RESULTS_DIR'));
     disp(strcat('Using project prefix: ', easyResultsDir, ' from environment variable EASY_RESULTS_DIR'))
   else
-    easyResultsDirName=strcat('Results_',todayDateStr,'_',easySuffix);
+    easyResultsDirName=strcat('Results_',todayStr,'_',easySuffix);
     easyResultsDir=fullfile(scansDir,easyResultsDirName);
     scansDir=fullfile(parent_dir,'ExpJobs') % relative to easy script dir
     disp(strcat('Using project prefix: ', PROJECT_PREFIX, ' from environment variable PROJECT_PREFIX'))
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ function EASYconsole_OpeningFcn(hObject, ~, handles, varargin)
   fhconsole=gcf;
 
   % BCR this is set in the global function so I think we're good here 
-  % easyResultsDirName=strcat('Results',todayDateStr,newExpfilePref); 
+  % easyResultsDirName=strcat('Results',todayStr,newExpfilePref); 
 
   if exist('easyResultsDir','var') && ~isempty(easyResultsDir)
     set(fhconsole,'Name',strcat('EASYconsole- ',char(easyResultsDir)));
@@ -217,13 +216,13 @@ function NewExpDat_Callback(~, ~, ~)
     SWnewExp=1;
 
     inputFileName=strrep(inputFile,'.mat','');
-    easyResultsDirName=strcat('Results_',todayDateStr,'_',userName,'_',inputFileName);
+    easyResultsDirName=strcat('Results_',todayStr,'_',userName,'_',inputFileName);
 
     % Set paths
     scansDir=fullfile(inputPath);
     easyResultsDir=fullfile(scansDir,easyResultsDirName);
     matDir=fullfile(easyResultsDir,'matResults');
-    matFile=fullfile(matDir,strcat(todayDateStr,'_',userName,'_',inputFile));
+    matFile=fullfile(matDir,strcat(todayStr,'_',userName,'_',inputFile));
     
     %***Added for 'parfor global' to preallocate 'scan' structure 20-0123***** 
     nlist=dir(fullfile(scansDir,'*'));