unexpected EOF cronjob error

Question

I have the following cronjob:

2 15 * * * mysqldump -u user -ppass dbname | gzip -9  -c > /var/www/backup/dump-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).sql.gz

but i

Answer 1

The % character should be escaped in cron.

So,

2 15 * * * mysqldump -u user -ppass dbname | gzip -9  -c > /var/www/backup/dump-$(date +\%Y-\%m-\%d).sql.gz