Re: git format-patch from date never set

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 23:39, Dan Savilonis[off-list ref] wrote:

git format-patch always sets the date in the From: line to the git
default date, e.g.

   From b9ff0ba6f3e228e1a8b67a25bc7be6b1da5ed1f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

The command uses GIT_COMMITTER_DATE as the date, but this env variable
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 format.