Container date won't update in entrypoint script - bash

Question

I built a container using the docker-compose script below:
services:
client:
image: alpine
environment:
- BACKUP_ENABLED=1
- BACKUP_INTERVAL=60
- BACKUP_PATH=/data
- BACKUP_FILENAME=db_backup
networks:
- dbnet
entrypoint: |
sh -c 'sh -s << EOF
apk add --no-cache mysql-client
while true
do
then
sleep $$BACKUP_INTERVAL
echo "$$(date +%FT%H.%M) - Making Backup to : $$BACKUP_PATH/$$(date +%F)/$$BACKUP_FILENAME-$$(date +%FT%H.%M).sql.gz"
mysqldump -u root -ppassword -h dblb --all-databases | gzip > $$BACKUP_PATH/$$(date +%F)/$$BACKUP_FILENAME-$$(date +%FT%H.%M).sql.gz
done
EOF'
But I encounter an issue where the date won't be updated and causes the loop keep backup to the same created file.
Every 60s the log will some the same date value. Here the container's log:
The same thing happened when I tried to manually write the script inside the container:
The timestamp always displays correctly when I only type date inside the container console.
Why won't the date update? What did I miss in the script?

Answer 1

Why won't the date update?
Because it is expanded by outer shell. Compare a shell script:
#!/bin/sh
# in a script
# this is running inside a shell
cat <<EOF # cat just prints data
$(date) # not cat, **but the shell**, expands $(date)
EOF
vs:
sh -c '
# this is running inside a shell
sh -s <<EOF # sh -s executes input data
echo $(date) # not sh -s, but **the outer shell**, expands $(date). ONCE
EOF
'
That sh -c sh -s and entrypoint is all unorthodox, just run the command that you want to run.
command:
- sh
- -c
- |
apk add --no-cache mysql-client
while sleep $$BACKUP_INTERVAL; do
echo "$$(date +%FT%H.%M) - Making Backup to : $$BACKUP_PATH/$$(date +%F)/$$BACKUP_FILENAME-$$(date +%FT%H.%M).sql.gz"
done