diff --git a/util/timeutils/timeutils.go b/util/timeutils/timeutils.go
index db2429a..4bfda93 100644
--- a/util/timeutils/timeutils.go
+++ b/util/timeutils/timeutils.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const (
 
 	RFC2882Format = time.RFC1123
 
-	CephTimeFormat = "Mon Jan  2 15:04:05 2006"
+	CephTimeFormat = "Mon Jan _2 15:04:05 2006"
 )
 
 func IsoTime(now time.Time) string {