Index: inkscape-0.47/src/main.cpp
===================================================================
--- inkscape-0.47.orig/src/main.cpp
+++ inkscape-0.47/src/main.cpp
@@ -1854,7 +1854,7 @@ sp_process_args(poptContext ctx)
                 break;
             }
             case SP_ARG_VERSION: {
-                printf("Inkscape %s (%s)\n", Inkscape::version_string, __DATE__);
+                printf("Inkscape %s\n", Inkscape::version_string);
                 exit(0);
                 break;
             }
Index: inkscape-0.47/src/ui/dialog/aboutbox.cpp
===================================================================
--- inkscape-0.47.orig/src/ui/dialog/aboutbox.cpp
+++ inkscape-0.47/src/ui/dialog/aboutbox.cpp
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ AboutBox::AboutBox() : Gtk::Dialog(_("Ab
 
     Gtk::Label *label=new Gtk::Label();
     gchar *label_text = 
-        g_strdup_printf("<small><i>Inkscape %s, built %s</i></small>",
-              Inkscape::version_string, __DATE__);
+        g_strdup_printf("<small><i>Inkscape %s</i></small>",
+              Inkscape::version_string);
     label->set_markup(label_text);
     label->set_alignment(Gtk::ALIGN_RIGHT, Gtk::ALIGN_CENTER);
     g_free(label_text);