diff --git a/eos_wfe_scripts/create_tape_drop_disk_replicas b/eos_wfe_scripts/create_tape_drop_disk_replicas
index 6463df16417553808df9020ed019ea1d77d13ceb..639f143f5e5bcf470b630ed76983a8e3899afc16 100755
--- a/eos_wfe_scripts/create_tape_drop_disk_replicas
+++ b/eos_wfe_scripts/create_tape_drop_disk_replicas
@@ -9,18 +9,20 @@ WF_TAG="$1"
 FILE_PATH="$2"
 TAPE_FS_ID="$3"
 
+LOG_DATE=`/usr/bin/date +%s | /usr/bin/tr '\n' ' ' ; /usr/bin/date`
+LOG_SCRIPT_NAME=`basename $0`
 LOG_FILE="/var/log/eos/wfe/${WF_TAG}.log"
 
-echo `date +%s` `date`" $0: creating tape replica with fsid ${TAPE_FS_ID} for ${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
+echo "$LOG_DATE $LOG_SCRIPT_NAME creating tape replica with fsid ${TAPE_FS_ID} for ${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
 if ! eos -r 0 0 file tag "${FILE_PATH}" +${TAPE_FS_ID}; then
-  echo `date +%s` `date`" $0: failed to create tape replica with fsid ${TAPE_FS_ID} for ${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
+  echo "$LOG_DATE $LOG_SCRIPT_NAME failed to create tape replica with fsid ${TAPE_FS_ID} for ${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
   exit 1
 fi
 
 for DISK_FSID in `eos file info "${FILE_PATH}" -m | sed s/\ /'\n'/g | grep fsid | sed s/fsid=// | grep -v ${TAPE_FS_ID}`; do
-  echo `date +%s` `date`" $0: deleting disk replica with fsid ${DISK_FSID} for ${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
+  echo "$LOG_DATE $LOG_SCRIPT_NAME deleting disk replica with fsid ${DISK_FSID} for ${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
   if ! eos -r 0 0 file drop "${FILE_PATH}" ${DISK_FSID}; then
-    echo `date +%s` `date`" $0: failed to delete disk replica with fsid ${DISK_FSID} for ${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
+    echo "$LOG_DATE $LOG_SCRIPT_NAME failed to delete disk replica with fsid ${DISK_FSID} for ${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
     exit 1
   fi
 done
diff --git a/eos_wfe_scripts/delete_archive_file b/eos_wfe_scripts/delete_archive_file
index 1f1441743d82a4c83aae19e1774f5e8cb50279f0..201de3e8a6ec7c41db952af310838ede9d853716 100755
--- a/eos_wfe_scripts/delete_archive_file
+++ b/eos_wfe_scripts/delete_archive_file
@@ -17,17 +17,19 @@ RGROUPNAME="$3"
 ARCHIVE_FILE_ID="$4"
 FILE_PATH="$5"
 
+LOG_DATE=`/usr/bin/date +%s | /usr/bin/tr '\n' ' ' ; /usr/bin/date`
+LOG_SCRIPT_NAME=`basename $0`
 LOG_FILE="/var/log/eos/wfe/${WF_TAG}.log"
 
 if test UNDEF = ${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID}; then
-  echo `date +%s` `date`" $0: ignoring deletion of non-existent tape archive file: rusername=${RUSERNAME} rgroupname=${RGROUPNAME} archiveFileId=${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} path=${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
+  echo "$LOG_DATE $LOG_SCRIPT_NAME ignoring deletion of non-existent tape archive file: rusername=${RUSERNAME} rgroupname=${RGROUPNAME} archiveFileId=${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} path=${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
   exit 0
 fi
 
 if RESULT=`2>&1 /usr/bin/cta deletearchive --user ${RUSERNAME} --group ${RGROUPNAME} --id ${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID}`; then
-  echo `date +%s` `date`" $0: deleted tape archive file: rusername=${RUSERNAME} rgroupname=${RGROUPNAME} archiveFileId=${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} path=${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
+  echo "$LOG_DATE $LOG_SCRIPT_NAME deleted tape archive file: rusername=${RUSERNAME} rgroupname=${RGROUPNAME} archiveFileId=${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} path=${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
   exit 0
 else
-  echo `date +%s` `date`" $0: failed to delete tape archive file: error=${RESULT} rusername=${RUSERNAME} rgroupname=${RGROUPNAME} archiveFileId=${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} path=${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
+  echo "$LOG_DATE $LOG_SCRIPT_NAME failed to delete tape archive file: error=${RESULT} rusername=${RUSERNAME} rgroupname=${RGROUPNAME} archiveFileId=${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} path=${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
   exit ${ECANCELED}
 fi
diff --git a/eos_wfe_scripts/retrieve_archive_file b/eos_wfe_scripts/retrieve_archive_file
index 940a368de4fb1cd84ac015921a9bcea50d01d073..74ac33d9e2fa512318cd39a5c0758bd87dec83ed 100755
--- a/eos_wfe_scripts/retrieve_archive_file
+++ b/eos_wfe_scripts/retrieve_archive_file
@@ -23,17 +23,19 @@ FILE_PATH="$9"
 
 DST_URL=${TURL}'\&eos.ruid=0&eos.rgid=0\&eos.injection=1\&eos.workflow=CTA_retrieve'
 
+LOG_DATE=`/usr/bin/date +%s | /usr/bin/tr '\n' ' ' ; /usr/bin/date`
+LOG_SCRIPT_NAME=`basename $0`
 LOG_FILE="/var/log/eos/wfe/${WF_TAG}.log"
 
 if test UNDEF = ${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID}; then
-  echo `date +%s` `date`" $0: cannot retrieve an archive file without the sys.archiveFileId attribute being set: rusername=${RUSERNAME} rgroupname=${RGROUPNAME} archiveFileId=${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} dsturl=${DST_URL} disk_username=${DISK_USERNAME} disk_groupname=${DISK_GROUPNAME} path=${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
+  echo "$LOG_DATE $LOG_SCRIPT_NAME cannot retrieve an archive file without the sys.archiveFileId attribute being set: rusername=${RUSERNAME} rgroupname=${RGROUPNAME} archiveFileId=${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} dsturl=${DST_URL} disk_username=${DISK_USERNAME} disk_groupname=${DISK_GROUPNAME} path=${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
   exit ${ECANCELED}
 fi
 
 if RESULT=`2>&1 /usr/bin/cta retrieve --user ${RUSERNAME} --group ${RGROUPNAME} --id ${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} --dsturl ${DST_URL} --diskfilepath ${FILE_PATH} --diskfileowner ${DISK_USERNAME} --diskfilegroup ${DISK_GROUPNAME} --recoveryblob:base64 ${METADATA_BASE64}`; then
-  echo `date +%s` `date`" $0: queued retrieve request: rusername=${RUSERNAME} rgroupname=${RGROUPNAME} archiveFileId=${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} dsturl=${DST_URL} disk_username=${DISK_USERNAME} disk_groupname=${DISK_GROUPNAME} path=${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
+  echo "$LOG_DATE $LOG_SCRIPT_NAME queued retrieve request: rusername=${RUSERNAME} rgroupname=${RGROUPNAME} archiveFileId=${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} dsturl=${DST_URL} disk_username=${DISK_USERNAME} disk_groupname=${DISK_GROUPNAME} path=${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
   exit 0
 else
-  echo `date +%s` `date`" $0: failed to queue retrieve request: error=${RESULT} rusername=${RUSERNAME} rgroupname=${RGROUPNAME} archiveFileId=${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} dsturl=${DST_URL} disk_username=${DISK_USERNAME} disk_groupname=${DISK_GROUPNAME} path=${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
+  echo "$LOG_DATE $LOG_SCRIPT_NAME failed to queue retrieve request: error=${RESULT} rusername=${RUSERNAME} rgroupname=${RGROUPNAME} archiveFileId=${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} dsturl=${DST_URL} disk_username=${DISK_USERNAME} disk_groupname=${DISK_GROUPNAME} path=${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
   exit ${ECANCELED}
 fi