[syslog-ng] strange problem when use "_" in the destination log file name

Hi, I'm running into a strange problem with syslog-ng 1.6.8 on RHEL 4. In my configuration file, I have the following local log file defined: destination d_file { file("/var/syslog- ng/HOSTS/$HOST/$YEAR/$MONTH/$HOST_$MONTH$DAY.log" owner(root) group (root) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700) create_dirs(yes)); }; However, the log file generated by the syslog-ng for today is named "0803.log", which is different than "hostname_0803.log" as I expected. I tried using escape "\" so it looks like "$HOST\_$MONTH$DAY.log" and it didn't help at all. This problem actually doesn't bother me that much. I changed "_" to "-" or ".", it worked. I'm just curious about this.