diff --git a/python-Babel.changes b/python-Babel.changes
index cf986ac..933c55d 100644
--- a/python-Babel.changes
+++ b/python-Babel.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul 23 06:34:38 UTC 2025 - Bernhard Wiedemann <bwiedemann@suse.de>
+
+- Add reproducible.patch to normalize date in .po (boo#1047218)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb  3 13:38:56 UTC 2025 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-Babel.spec b/python-Babel.spec
index 6123dbf..aa7b6fc 100644
--- a/python-Babel.spec
+++ b/python-Babel.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Summary:        Internationalization utilities
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 URL:            https://babel.pocoo.org/
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/b/babel/babel-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         reproducible.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module freezegun >= 1.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest >= 6.0}
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ A collection of tools for internationalizing Python applications.
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
 %check
+unset SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
 %pytest
 
 %pre
diff --git a/reproducible.patch b/reproducible.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fc4445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reproducible.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff --git a/babel/messages/catalog.py b/babel/messages/catalog.py
+index f84a5bd..786d1a4 100644
+--- a/babel/messages/catalog.py
++++ b/babel/messages/catalog.py
+@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from __future__ import annotations
+ 
+ import datetime
+ import re
++import time
++import os
+ from collections.abc import Iterable, Iterator
+ from copy import copy
+ from difflib import SequenceMatcher
+@@ -385,7 +387,9 @@ class Catalog:
+         self.charset = charset or 'utf-8'
+ 
+         if creation_date is None:
+-            creation_date = datetime.datetime.now(LOCALTZ)
++            creation_date = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(
++                int(os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH', time.time()))
++            )
+         elif isinstance(creation_date, datetime.datetime) and not creation_date.tzinfo:
+             creation_date = creation_date.replace(tzinfo=LOCALTZ)
+         self.creation_date = creation_date