diff --git a/src/covid19/blueprints/ecdc/ecdc_model.py b/src/covid19/blueprints/ecdc/ecdc_model.py
index e15b118b54beca802f7efa9045c701814660c4f8..bbed51395898eec30938c71a59ce0cd04a8bfe94 100644
--- a/src/covid19/blueprints/ecdc/ecdc_model.py
+++ b/src/covid19/blueprints/ecdc/ecdc_model.py
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ from covid19.blueprints.application.application_model import ApplicationDateRepo
 
 class EcdcDateReported(ApplicationDateReported):
     __tablename__ = 'ecdc_date_reported'
-    __mapper_args__ = {
-        'concrete': True
-    }
+    __mapper_args__ = { 'concrete': True }
     __table_args__ = (
         db.UniqueConstraint('date_reported', 'datum', name="uix_ecdc_date_reported"),
     )
@@ -48,10 +46,10 @@ class EcdcDateReported(ApplicationDateReported):
 
     @classmethod
     def get_datum_parts(cls, my_date_rep: str):
-        my_date_parts = my_date_rep.split("/")
-        my_year = int(my_date_parts[2])
-        my_month = int(my_date_parts[1])
+        my_date_parts = my_date_rep.split('/')
         my_day = int(my_date_parts[0])
+        my_month = int(my_date_parts[1])
+        my_year = int(my_date_parts[2])
         datum_parts = (my_year, my_month, my_day)
         return datum_parts
 
diff --git a/src/covid19/blueprints/ecdc/ecdc_service_update.py b/src/covid19/blueprints/ecdc/ecdc_service_update.py
index 1913207926961714231826c13606610d7b47ea1b..b6b09417eae37e28b73356dc8c924896af737c46 100644
--- a/src/covid19/blueprints/ecdc/ecdc_service_update.py
+++ b/src/covid19/blueprints/ecdc/ecdc_service_update.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class EcdcServiceUpdate:
             )
             if my_ecdc_date_reported_obj is None:
                 my_ecdc_date_reported_obj = EcdcDateReported.create_new_object_factory(
-                    my_date_rep=my_date_reported_search_str
+                    my_date_rep=item_date_str_from_ecdc_import_str
                 )
                 db.session.add(my_ecdc_date_reported_obj)
                 db.session.commit()