diff --git a/.github/workflows/add-mods-of-the-month.yml b/.github/workflows/add-mods-of-the-month.yml
index 6d8248b..15cfc21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/add-mods-of-the-month.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/add-mods-of-the-month.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,37 @@ on:
         default: ''
         required: true
         type: string
-      date:
-        description: 'UNIX timestamp (optional, used instead of current date)'
-        default: ''
-        required: false
-        type: string
+      month:
+        description: 'Month of video'
+        required: true
+        default: 'January'
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - 'January'
+          - 'February'
+          - 'March'
+          - 'April'
+          - 'May'
+          - 'June'
+          - 'July'
+          - 'August'
+          - 'September'
+          - 'October'
+          - 'November'
+          - 'December'
+      year:
+        description: 'Year of video'
+        required: true
+        default: '2024'
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - '2024'
+          - '2025'
+          - '2026'
+          - '2027'
+          - '2028'
+          - '2029'
+          - '2030'
 
 # A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
 jobs:
@@ -28,7 +54,8 @@ jobs:
     
     env:
       EXT_MOTM_LINK: ${{ inputs.link }}
-      EXT_MOTM_DATE: ${{ inputs.date }}
+      EXT_MOTM_MONTH: ${{ inputs.month }}
+      EXT_MOTM_YEAR: ${{ inputs.year }}
       
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
     steps:
diff --git a/src/add-mods-of-month.ts b/src/add-mods-of-month.ts
index f1f64d1..f748954 100644
--- a/src/add-mods-of-month.ts
+++ b/src/add-mods-of-month.ts
@@ -14,21 +14,34 @@ const MOTM_ARCHIVE_PATH: string = path.join(REPO_ROOT_PATH, 'archive');
 
 // env variables
 const EXT_MOTM_LINK = process.env.EXT_MOTM_LINK || '';
-const EXT_MOTM_DATE = process.env.EXT_MOTM_DATE || '';
+const EXT_MOTM_MONTH = process.env.EXT_MOTM_MONTH || '';
+const EXT_MOTM_YEAR = process.env.EXT_MOTM_YEAR || '';
+
+const MONTH_DICT: { [key: string]: number } = {
+  'January': 1,
+  'February': 2,
+  'March': 3,
+  'April': 4,
+  'May': 5,
+  'June': 6,
+  'July': 7,
+  'August': 8,
+  'September': 9,
+  'October': 10,
+  'November': 11,
+  'December': 12
+}
 
 async function start() {
 
   console.log('Start Program');
 
-  if (EXT_MOTM_LINK === '') {
-    console.error('No EXT_MOTM_LINK found in env');
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-
-  if (EXT_MOTM_DATE !== '' && isNaN(+EXT_MOTM_DATE)) {
-    console.error('EXT_MOTM_DATE is not a unix timestamp number');
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
+  [EXT_MOTM_LINK, EXT_MOTM_MONTH, EXT_MOTM_YEAR].forEach((envVar) => {
+    if (envVar === '') {
+      console.error(`No ${envVar} found in env`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  });
 
   const driver = new Driver();
   await driver.process();
@@ -70,11 +83,13 @@ class Driver {
 
 
   public async process() {
-    console.log('main env variables', { EXT_MOTM_LINK, EXT_MOTM_DATE });
+    console.log('main env variables', { EXT_MOTM_LINK, EXT_MOTM_MONTH, EXT_MOTM_YEAR });
     console.log('Processing MOTM...');
     this.mEntries = await this.readMOTMFile();
+    const timestampMS = new Date(+EXT_MOTM_YEAR, MONTH_DICT[EXT_MOTM_MONTH]).getTime();
+    const date = Math.floor(timestampMS / 1000);
     const newEntry: IMOTMEntry = {
-      date: !!EXT_MOTM_DATE ? +EXT_MOTM_DATE : Date.now(),
+      date,
       id: nanoid.nanoid(),
       videoid: this.extractVideoIdFromYouTubeUrl(EXT_MOTM_LINK)
     }