diff --git a/mysql_backup.sh b/mysql_backup.sh
index a1eee6d..8d6021e 100755
--- a/mysql_backup.sh
+++ b/mysql_backup.sh
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ if [ `ls ${dir} | grep ${prefix} | wc -l` -ge "${copies}" ] ; then
 fi
 
 if [ ! "${quiet}" ] ; then
-	echo "Starting database dump (`date +\"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S\"`)" ;
+	echo "Starting database dump (`date +\"%H:%M:%S\"`)" ;
 fi
 
 date=`date +"%y%m%d.%H%M%S"` ;
@@ -144,12 +144,16 @@ mysqldump ${mysqlparams} > ${dump_file_name} ;
 if [ "${compress}" ] ; then
 
 	if [ ! "${quiet}" ] ; then
-        echo "Compressing dump (`date +\"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S\"`)..." ;
+        echo "Compressing dump (`date +\"%H:%M:%S\"`)..." ;
 	fi
 
 	gzip ${dump_file_name} ;
 fi
 
+if [ ! "${quiet}" ] ; then
+    echo "atabase dump completed (`date +\"%H:%M:%S\"`)..." ;
+fi
+
 rm -f ${mypidfile} ;
 
 exit 0 ;
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