diff --git a/src/lib/generate-date.ts b/src/lib/generate-date.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79aca81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/generate-date.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import * as debugLib from 'debug';
+const debug = debugLib('snyk:generate-data-script');
+
+export function getDate(): string {
+  let date: string;
+  const d = new Date();
+  debug('creating date');
+  date = d.getFullYear().toString() + '-';
+  date = date + d.getMonth().toString().padStart(2, '0') + '-';
+  date = date + d.getDay().toString().padStart(2, '0') + 'T';
+  date = date + d.getHours().toString().padStart(2, '0') + ':';
+  date = date + d.getMinutes().toString().padStart(2, '0') + ':';
+  date = date + d.getSeconds().toString().padStart(2, '0') + 'Z';
+
+  debug(date);
+
+  return date;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/index.ts b/src/lib/index.ts
index d9709ff..e1ec6d8 100644
--- a/src/lib/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { SnykIssue, SnykTestOutput, SPDXv3, Profile } from '../types';
 import { convertSnykIssueToSpdx } from './convert-issue-to-spdx';
 import { generateDocumentNameSpace } from './generate-document-namespace';
 export { getInputData } from './get-input-data';
+import { getDate } from './generate-date';
 
 export function convertSnykTestOutputToSPDX(data: SnykTestOutput): SPDXv3 {
   const outputFileName = data.projectName;
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ export function convertSnykTestOutputToSPDX(data: SnykTestOutput): SPDXv3 {
     creator: 'Organization: Snyk Ltd',
     documentNamespace: generateDocumentNameSpace(outputFileName),
     description: `Snyk test result for project ${data.projectName} in SPDX SBOM format`,
-    created: Date.now().toString(),
+    created: getDate(),
     vulnerabilities: data.vulnerabilities
       .filter((i: SnykIssue) => i.type == undefined)
       .map((i: SnykIssue) => convertSnykIssueToSpdx(i)),
diff --git a/src/lib/snyk-to-spdx.ts b/src/lib/snyk-to-spdx.ts
index a7d4305..c828562 100644
--- a/src/lib/snyk-to-spdx.ts
+++ b/src/lib/snyk-to-spdx.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { SnykIssue, SnykTestOutput, SPDXv3, Profile } from '../types';
 import { convertSnykIssueToSpdx } from './convert-issue-to-spdx';
 import { generateDocumentNameSpace } from './generate-document-namespace';
+import { getDate } from './generate-date';
 
 export function convertSnykTestOutputToSPDX(data: SnykTestOutput): SPDXv3 {
   const outputFileName = data.projectName;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ export function convertSnykTestOutputToSPDX(data: SnykTestOutput): SPDXv3 {
     creator: 'Organization: Snyk Ltd',
     documentNamespace: generateDocumentNameSpace(outputFileName),
     description: `Snyk test result for project ${data.projectName} in SPDX SBOM format`,
-    created: Date.now().toString(), // TODO: Check the format
+    created: getDate(), // YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ
     vulnerabilities: data.vulnerabilities.map((i: SnykIssue) =>
       convertSnykIssueToSpdx(i),
     ),