From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git format-patch from date never set
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:31:31 +0200
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On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 23:39, Dan Savilonis<djs@n-cube.org> wrote:
> git format-patch always sets the date in the From: line to the git
> default date, e.g.
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0From b9ff0ba6f3e228e1a8b67a25bc7be6b1da5ed1f3 Mon Sep 17=
 00:00:00 2001
>
> The command uses GIT_COMMITTER_DATE as the date, but this env variabl=
e
> is never set in cmd_format_patch(). Is this a bug or 'feature'?

Neither. This is not a date, but a part of "loosely defined" mbox forma=
t.