diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
index 3d3e0dd1524..e0bf65ae625 100644
--- a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 	E-mail: \email{python-docs@python.org}
 }
 
-\date{\today}			% XXX update before release!
+\date{September 5, 2000}			% XXX update before release!
 \release{2.0b1}