defined $email or $email = "";
local $ENV{GIT_AUTHOR_NAME} = $name;
local $ENV{GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL} = $email;
+ local $ENV{GIT_AUTHOR_DATE} = $simple->header("Date");
local $ENV{GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL} = $recipient;
local $ENV{GIT_COMMITTER_NAME} = $dst->{listname};