diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 8dd0cc0..2d34d4a 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@
         </div>
 
         <?php
+        // make sure the file, well, exists
+        $myfile = fopen("posts.txt", "a");
+        fclose($myfile);
+
         // read file into string
         $myfile = fopen("posts.txt", "r") or die("Unable to open file!");
         $content = fread($myfile, filesize("posts.txt"));
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@
             if (!is_null($_POST["signature"]) && strlen($_POST["signature"]) != 0) {
                 $signature = htmlspecialchars($_POST["signature"]);
             }
-            $content = "<div class='post'><h2>" . $signature . "</h2><i>UTC" . date("m/d/Y H:i") . "</i><div>" . htmlspecialchars($_POST["body"]) . "</div></div>" . $content;
+            $content = "<div class='post'><h2>" . $signature . "</h2><i>UTC " . date("Y/m/d H:i") . "</i><div>" . htmlspecialchars($_POST["body"]) . "</div></div>" . $content;
 
             // write string back into the file
             $myfile = fopen("posts.txt", "w") or die("Unable to open file!");