diff --git a/recipes-app/simple-test/files/archiver.cpp b/recipes-app/simple-test/files/archiver.cpp
index 9dacddf667e3c76baf71c8447bb4adc457cf07c0..79efed7b53a74d90022b65ccf82810d980758f64 100644
--- a/recipes-app/simple-test/files/archiver.cpp
+++ b/recipes-app/simple-test/files/archiver.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <ChimeraTK/Device.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <ctime>
 
 int main(){
 
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ int main(){
     const uint32_t unmask = 1, mask = 0;
     uint32_t info;
     char fname[128];
+    char fdate[32];
+    time_t t;
     char *src;
     struct pollfd pfd;
 
@@ -82,13 +85,6 @@ int main(){
     daq_trigger.write();
 
     // ========================================================================
-    // Open destination file
-    snprintf(fname, 128, "/mnt/data/archive_files/file_%08d.bin", fcnt);
-    fd_dst = open(fname, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_APPEND , 0666);
-    if (fd_dst <= 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open destination file '%s'.\n", fname);
-        return -2;
-    };
 
     // Unmask interrupt
     s_wr = write(fd_ddr, &unmask, sizeof(unmask));
@@ -114,6 +110,16 @@ int main(){
         //continue;
     };
 
+    // Open destination file
+    t=time(0);
+    strftime(fdate, 32, "%Y%m%d_%H%M%S", localtime(&t));
+    snprintf(fname, 128, "/mnt/data/archive_files/file_%s.bin", fdate);
+    fd_dst = open(fname, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_APPEND , 0666);
+    if (fd_dst <= 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open destination file '%s'.\n", fname);
+        return -2;
+    };
+
     fprintf(stdout, "Write to file '%s'.\n", fname);
     // Copy data, whole block
     /*