diff --git a/btrbk b/btrbk
index ce73483..f2b0637 100755
--- a/btrbk
+++ b/btrbk
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ function testConf {
 
 function testDate {
     if [ "$BKCYCLE" = "weekly" ]; then
-        local dateType = "+%u"
+        local dateType="+%u"
     elif [ "$BKCYCLE" = "monthly" ]; then
-        local dateType = "+%-d"
+        local dateType="+%-d"
     else
         echo "BKCYCLE not correctly configured"
         exit 1