diff --git a/global-config.rsc b/global-config.rsc
index de22019c..0bb572b5 100644
--- a/global-config.rsc
+++ b/global-config.rsc
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@
 # Toggle this to disable color output in terminal/cli.
 :global TerminalColorOutput true;
 
-# This defines what backups to generate, the password to use,
-# and what random delay (between 0 and given seconds) to apply.
+# This defines whether to add date & time in filenames, what backups to generate,
+# the password to use, and what random delay (between 0 and given seconds) to apply.
+:global BackupFileNameDate false;
 :global BackupSendBinary false;
 :global BackupSendExport true;
 :global BackupSendGlobalConfig true;
diff --git a/global-functions.rsc b/global-functions.rsc
index 413517f3..10a9b5ac 100644
--- a/global-functions.rsc
+++ b/global-functions.rsc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # Git commit id & info, expected configuration version
 :global CommitId "unknown";
 :global CommitInfo "unknown";
-:global ExpectedConfigVersion 142;
+:global ExpectedConfigVersion 143;
 
 # global variables not to be changed by user
 :global GlobalFunctionsReady false;
diff --git a/news-and-changes.rsc b/news-and-changes.rsc
index 2c1a0272..ed60a6c2 100644
--- a/news-and-changes.rsc
+++ b/news-and-changes.rsc
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
   140="The scripts 'lease-script' was renamed to 'dhcpv4-server-lease', configuration was updated automatically.";
   141="Introduced script 'dhcpv6-client-lease' to run several scripts on IPv6 DHCP client lease.";
   142="Added a setting for 'mod/notification-email' to check availability of certificate chain.";
+  143="Made backup scripts 'backup-email' and 'backup-upload' support date & time in filenames.";
 };
 
 # Migration steps to be applied on script updates