diff --git a/config/action.d/sendmail-geoip-lines.conf b/config/action.d/sendmail-geoip-lines.conf
index 5f0a42d2..4225a3eb 100644
--- a/config/action.d/sendmail-geoip-lines.conf
+++ b/config/action.d/sendmail-geoip-lines.conf
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ before = sendmail-common.conf
 # Notes.:  Command executed when banning an IP. Take care that the
 #          command is executed with Fail2Ban user rights.
 #          You need to install geoiplookup and the GeoLite or GeoIP databases.
-#          (geoip-bin and geoip-database-contrib in Debian)
+#          (geoip-bin and geoip-database in Debian)
+#          The host command comes from bind9-host package.
 # Tags:    See jail.conf(5) man page
 # Values:  CMD
 #
 actionban = printf %%b "Subject: [Fail2Ban] <name>: banned <ip> from `uname -n`
-            Date: `LC_TIME=C date -u +"%%a, %%d %%h %%Y %%T +0000"`
+            Date: `LC_TIME=C date +"%%a, %%d %%h %%Y %%T %%z"`
             From: <sendername> <<sender>>
             To: <dest>\n
             Hi,\n
@@ -29,9 +30,9 @@ actionban = printf %%b "Subject: [Fail2Ban] <name>: banned <ip> from `uname -n`
             http://bgp.he.net/ip/<ip>
             http://www.projecthoneypot.org/ip_<ip>
             http://whois.domaintools.com/<ip>\n\n
-            Country:`/usr/bin/geoiplookup -f /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat "<ip>" | cut -d':' -f2-`
-            AS:`/usr/bin/geoiplookup -f /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPASNum.dat "<ip>" | cut -d':' -f2-`
-            hostname: `/usr/bin/host -t A <ip> 2>&1`\n\n
+            Country:`geoiplookup -f /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat "<ip>" | cut -d':' -f2-`
+            AS:`geoiplookup -f /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPASNum.dat "<ip>" | cut -d':' -f2-`
+            hostname: `host -t A <ip> 2>&1`\n\n
             Lines containing IP:<ip> in <logpath>\n
             `grep -E '(^|[^0-9])<ip>([^0-9]|$)' <logpath>`\n\n
             Regards,\n