diff --git a/jobs/JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_ECEN b/jobs/JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_ECEN
index fe6672afd2..2cc648f556 100755
--- a/jobs/JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_ECEN
+++ b/jobs/JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_ECEN
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ source "${HOMEgfs}/ush/jjob_header.sh" -e "ocnanalecen" -c "base ocnanal ocnanal
 ##############################################
 # Set variables used in the script
 ##############################################
+# Ignore possible spelling error (nothing is misspelled)
+# shellcheck disable=SC2153
 GDATE=$(date --utc +%Y%m%d%H -d "${PDY} ${cyc} - ${assim_freq} hours")
 export gPDY=${GDATE:0:8}
 export gcyc=${GDATE:8:2}