diff --git a/create-remote-database-backup.yml b/create-remote-database-backup.yml
index 2797ab3..be781f3 100644
--- a/create-remote-database-backup.yml
+++ b/create-remote-database-backup.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # Parameters:
 #   playbook inventory
 #     stage := the name of the stage (e.g. dev, int, qa, prod)
+#     database_engine := the database engine to generate a complete backup for (e.g. postgres, maria)
 #   smardigo message callback
 #     scope_id := (scope id of the management process)
 #     process_instance_id := (process instance id of the management process)
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@
 
 - hosts: "postgres:maria"
   serial: "{{ serial_number | default(1) }}"
+  vars:
+    current_date_time: '{{ get_current_date_time }}'
+
   tasks:
     - name: "Trigger backup mechanism"
       include_role:
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@
   serial: "{{ serial_number | default(5) }}"
   vars:
     storageserver_system_user: 'backuphamster'
+
   tasks:
     # I could not get it up and running with <synchronize> module
     # to sync data from remote server A to remote server B
diff --git a/group_vars/all/plain.yml b/group_vars/all/plain.yml
index c806944..75f6fbb 100644
--- a/group_vars/all/plain.yml
+++ b/group_vars/all/plain.yml
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ blackbox_http_2xx_additional_targets: []
 prometheus_federation_enabled: true
 kubernetes_prometheus_endpoint: "{{ stage }}-kube-prometheus.{{ domain }}"
 
-current_date_time: "{{ lookup('pipe','date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M') }}"
+get_current_date_time: "{{ lookup('pipe','date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M') }}"
 
 hcloud_firewall_objects:
    -