--- a/config/version.sh
+++ b/config/version.sh
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ done
 
 IFS=" "
 
-echo "char *version_str = \"nmh-$VERSION [compiled on $HOSTNAME at `date`]\";"
+echo "char *version_str = \"nmh-$VERSION\";"
 echo "char *version_num = \"nmh-$VERSION\";"
--- nmh-1.6.orig/man/mh-chart-gen.sh
+++ nmh-1.6/man/mh-chart-gen.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ nmhmandir=`dirname $0`
 # from the local build environment when building distribution packages.
 LC_TIME=C; export LC_TIME
 unset LANG
-datestamp=`date '+%B %d, %Y'`
+datestamp="$(date --utc --date="@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +%s)}" '+%B %d, %Y')"
 
 cat <<__HOOPY_FROOD
 .TH MH-CHART %manext7% "${datestamp}" "%nmhversion%"
