diff --git a/scripts/configure.commit b/scripts/configure.commit
index 77991392..afc662eb 100755
--- a/scripts/configure.commit
+++ b/scripts/configure.commit
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 #! /bin/sh
 # Display the SHA1 of the commit in which configure.ac was last modified.
 # If it's not checked in yet, use the SHA1 of HEAD plus -dirty.
@@ -13,7 +11,9 @@ elif git diff --quiet HEAD -- configure.ac ; then
   # configure.ac is not modified
   printf 'commit: %s\n' `git rev-parse --short HEAD -- configure.ac`
   printf 'branch: %s\n' `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
+  printf 'date  : %s\n' `git log -1 --date=short --pretty=format:%cd`
 else # configure.ac is modified
   printf 'commit: %s-dirty\n' `git rev-parse --short HEAD`
   printf 'branch: %s\n' `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
+  printf 'date  : %s\n' `git log -1 --date=short --pretty=format:%cd`
  fi
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