diff --git a/ci/cpu/build.sh b/ci/cpu/build.sh
index 042ee28..bb50819 100755
--- a/ci/cpu/build.sh
+++ b/ci/cpu/build.sh
@@ -15,11 +15,7 @@ cd "$WORKSPACE"
 # Get latest tag and number of commits since tag
 export GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG=`git describe --abbrev=0 --tags`
 export GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER=`git rev-list ${GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG}..HEAD --count`
-
-# If nightly build, append current YYMMDD to version
-if [[ "$BUILD_MODE" = "branch" && "$SOURCE_BRANCH" = branch-* ]] ; then
-  export VERSION_SUFFIX=`date +%y%m%d`
-fi
+export RAPIDS_DATE_STRING=$(date +%y%m%d)
 
 # Setup 'gpuci_conda_retry' for build retries (results in 2 total attempts)
 export GPUCI_CONDA_RETRY_MAX=1
diff --git a/ci/gpu/build.sh b/ci/gpu/build.sh
index 52f1191..d44847d 100755
--- a/ci/gpu/build.sh
+++ b/ci/gpu/build.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ cd $WORKSPACE
 export GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG=`git describe --abbrev=0 --tags`
 export GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER=`git rev-list ${GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG}..HEAD --count`
 export MINOR_VERSION=`echo $GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG | grep -o -E '([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)'`
+export RAPIDS_DATE_STRING=$(date +%y%m%d)
 
 ################################################################################
 # SETUP - Check environment
diff --git a/conda/recipes/jupyterlab-nvdashboard/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/jupyterlab-nvdashboard/meta.yaml
index 5dd4b54..1941ae6 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/jupyterlab-nvdashboard/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/jupyterlab-nvdashboard/meta.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{% set version = environ.get('GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG', '0.0.0.dev').lstrip('v') + environ.get('VERSION_SUFFIX', '') %}
+{% set version = environ.get('GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG', '0.0.0.dev').lstrip('v') %}
 {% set minor_version =  version.split('.')[0] + '.' + version.split('.')[1] %}
-{% set git_revision_count=environ.get('GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER', 0) %}
 {% set py_version=environ.get('CONDA_PY', 37) %}
+{% set date_string = environ['RAPIDS_DATE_STRING'] %}
 
 package:
   name: jupyterlab-nvdashboard
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ source:
   path: ../../..
 
 build:
-  number: {{ git_revision_count }}
+  number: {{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+  string: py_{{ date_string }}_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_HASH }}_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
   script: python -m pip install . --no-deps --ignore-installed --no-cache-dir -vvv
   noarch: python
   script_env: