diff --git a/create/content.go b/create/content.go
index 98b3652a4..fa37f2666 100644
--- a/create/content.go
+++ b/create/content.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func NewContent(kind, name string) (err error) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if x := viper.GetString("MetaDataFormat"); x == "json" || x == "yaml" || x == "toml" {
+	if x := parser.FormatSanitize(viper.GetString("MetaDataFormat")); x == "json" || x == "yaml" || x == "toml" {
 		newmetadata["date"] = time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339)
 	}