diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dab718d9b9ba..22e5a2fdec37 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Increased formatting width of time index in ExtData2G diagnostic print
+
 ### Fixed
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/gridcomps/ExtData2G/ExtDataGridCompNG.F90 b/gridcomps/ExtData2G/ExtDataGridCompNG.F90
index d7f2ed39f490..f76501421d50 100644
--- a/gridcomps/ExtData2G/ExtDataGridCompNG.F90
+++ b/gridcomps/ExtData2G/ExtDataGridCompNG.F90
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ subroutine IOBundle_Add_Entry(IOBundles,item,entry_num,rc)
            io_bundle = ExtDataNG_IOBundle(MAPL_ExtDataLeft, entry_num, current_file, time_index, item%trans, item%fracval, item%file_template, &
                item%pfioCollection_id,item%iclient_collection_id,itemsL,on_tiles,_RC)
            call IOBundles%push_back(io_bundle)
-           call extdata_lgr%info('%a updated L bracket with: %a at time index %i3 ',item%name, current_file, time_index)
+           call extdata_lgr%info('%a updated L bracket with: %a at time index %i0 ',item%name, current_file, time_index)
         end if
      end if
      call item%modelGridFields%comp1%get_parameters('R',update=update,file=current_file,time_index=time_index)
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ subroutine IOBundle_Add_Entry(IOBundles,item,entry_num,rc)
            io_bundle = ExtDataNG_IOBundle(MAPL_ExtDataRight, entry_num, current_file, time_index, item%trans, item%fracval, item%file_template, &
                item%pfioCollection_id,item%iclient_collection_id,itemsR,on_tiles,_RC)
            call IOBundles%push_back(io_bundle)
-           call extdata_lgr%info('%a updated R bracket with: %a at time index %i3 ',item%name,current_file, time_index)
+           call extdata_lgr%info('%a updated R bracket with: %a at time index %i0 ',item%name,current_file, time_index)
         end if
      end if