From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] format-patch: use current date in mbox 'From COMMIT
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:19:46 -0500
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Hi,

Chris Webb wrote:

> Put the current date in the 'From COMMIT DATE' header line instead of using
> the fixed date 'Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001'.

Please no.  It is useful that format-patch generates the same output
when run a few times in a row.

If it is important to have a realistic date, would the commit date or
similar work?

Jonathan