diff --git a/opt/hc/lib/core/include_data.sh b/opt/hc/lib/core/include_data.sh
index dfa05f9..12c7fda 100755
--- a/opt/hc/lib/core/include_data.sh
+++ b/opt/hc/lib/core/include_data.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 # RETURNS: 0
 function version_include_data
 {
-typeset _VERSION="2020-03-04"                               # YYYY-MM-DD
+typeset _VERSION="2020-03-06"                               # YYYY-MM-DD
 
 print "INFO: $0: ${_VERSION#version_*}"
 
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ return 0
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # @(#) FUNCTION: data_magic_unquote()
 # DOES: magically unquotes a needle in a string (default needle is: %)
-# EXPECTS: to be magically unquoted [string]; $2=needle [string]
+# EXPECTS: $1=to be magically unquoted [string]; $2=needle [string]
 # OUTPUTS: magically unquoted [string]
 # RETURNS: n/a
 # REQUIRES: n/a
@@ -616,7 +616,8 @@ return 0
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # @(#) FUNCTION: data_expand_numerical_range()
 # DOES: expand numerical range (X-Y) to comma-separated list of numbers
-# EXPECTS: [string]
+# EXPECTS: $1=numerical range [string]
+#          $2=flag for leading zeroes <10 [0=do not add (default),1=add]
 # OUTPUTS: [string]
 # RETURNS: 0=no error occurred; <>0=some error occurred
 # REQUIRES: n/a
@@ -624,6 +625,7 @@ function data_expand_numerical_range
 {
 (( ARG_DEBUG > 0 && ARG_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 )) && set "${DEBUG_OPTS}"
 typeset _NUM_LIST=""
+typeset _HAS_LEAD_ZERO=${2:0}
 
 case "${1}" in
     *-*)
@@ -641,19 +643,21 @@ case "${1}" in
             return 1
         fi
         # expand list
-        _NUM_LIST=$(print "${1}"| awk -F '-' '
+        _NUM_LIST=$(print "${1}"| awk -F '-' -v has_lead_zero=${_HAS_LEAD_ZERO} '
             BEGIN { count = 0; }
             {
-                while ($1 + count < $2) {
+                while ($1 + count <= $2) {
+                    # add leading zero to sprintf when < 10
+                    if (has_lead_zero > 0 && $1 + count < 10) { lead_zero = "0" } else { lead_zero = "" }
                     if (length (NUM_LIST) == 0) {
-                        NUM_LIST = sprintf ("%s", $1 + count);
+                        NUM_LIST = sprintf ("%" lead_zero "2d", $1 + count);
                     } else {
-                        NUM_LIST = sprintf ("%s,%s", NUM_LIST, $1 + count);
-                    }
+                        NUM_LIST = sprintf ("%s,%" lead_zero "2d", NUM_LIST, $1 + count);                    }
                     count++;
                 }
             }
-            END { print NUM_LIST; }')
+            # remove space from end result and print
+            END { gsub(/[[:space:]]/, "", NUM_LIST); print NUM_LIST; }')
         if [[ -z "${_NUM_LIST}" ]]
         then
             (( ARG_DEBUG > 0 )) && debug "range conversion returned empty list"
diff --git a/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_zfs_share_replication.sh b/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_zfs_share_replication.sh
index 321fe20..7875c7e 100755
--- a/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_zfs_share_replication.sh
+++ b/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_zfs_share_replication.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 # @(#) 2019-05-14: small fixes [Patrick Van der Veken]
 # @(#) 2020-01-27: addition of day check option +
 # @(#)             newline config value check [Patrick Van der Veken]
-# @(#) 2020-03-05: addition of hour check option
+# @(#) 2020-03-05: addition of hour check option + fix
+# @(#) 2020-03-06: fix for expanding numerical range
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # DO NOT CHANGE THIS FILE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!
 #******************************************************************************
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ function check_exadata_zfs_share_replication
 {
 # ------------------------- CONFIGURATION starts here -------------------------
 typeset _CONFIG_FILE="${CONFIG_DIR}/$0.conf"
-typeset _VERSION="2020-03-04"                           # YYYY-MM-DD
+typeset _VERSION="2020-03-06"                           # YYYY-MM-DD
 typeset _SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS="Linux"                    # uname -s match
 # replication query script -- DO NOT CHANGE --
 # prj1/share1:true:idle:success:111
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ typeset _SSH_BIN=""
 typeset _SSH_OUTPUT=""
 typeset _ZFS_DATA=""
 typeset _WEEKDAY=$(data_lc "$(date '+%a' 2>/dev/null)")  # Sun
-typeset _HOUR=$(data_strip_space "$(date '+%k' 2>/dev/null)") # 7,23 etc
+typeset _HOUR=$(data_strip_space "$(date '+%H' 2>/dev/null)") # 7,23 etc
 
 # handle arguments (originally comma-separated)
 for _ARG in ${_ARGS}
@@ -289,7 +290,8 @@ do
     then
         _REPLICATION_HOURS="${_HOUR}"
     else
-        _REPLICATION_HOURS=$(data_expand_numerical_range "${_CFG_REPLICATION_HOURS}")
+        # expand range with leading zeroes
+        _REPLICATION_HOURS=$(data_expand_numerical_range "${_CFG_REPLICATION_HOURS}" 1)
     fi
 
     # perform checks
@@ -351,7 +353,7 @@ do
                 log_hc "$0" ${_STC} "${_MSG}" "${_REPLICATION_LAG}" "${_CFG_REPLICATION_LAG}"
             fi
         else
-            warn "check of ${_ZFS_HOST}:${_REPLICATION_NAME} is not configured for this hour/these hours: ${_REPLICATION_HOURS}"
+            warn "check of ${_ZFS_HOST}:${_REPLICATION_NAME} is only configured for this/these hour(s): ${_REPLICATION_HOURS}"
         fi
     else
         warn "check of ${_ZFS_HOST}:${_REPLICATION_NAME} is not configured for today"