--- commit-email.pl.in.orig	2006-04-20 01:08:55.000000000 +0200
+++ commit-email.pl.in	2007-01-30 16:11:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 use Carp;
+use Date::Format;
 my ($sendmail, $smtp_server);
 
 ######################################################################
@@ -537,6 +538,9 @@
       }
 
     my @head;
+    my @lt=localtime();
+    my $header_date = strftime("%a, %e %b %Y %X %z", @lt);
+    push(@head, "Date: $header_date\n");
     push(@head, "To: $to\n");
     push(@head, "From: $mail_from\n");
     push(@head, "Subject: $subject\n");