--- /dev/null
+--- a/src/minicom.c
++++ b/src/minicom.c
+@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+ switch(c) {
+ case 'v':
+ printf(_("%s version %s"), PACKAGE, VERSION);
+-#ifdef __DATE__
++#if 0
+ printf(_(" (compiled %s)"), __DATE__);
+ #endif
+ printf("\n");
+@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+
+ mc_wprintf(us, "\n%s %s\r\n", _("Welcome to minicom"), VERSION);
+ mc_wprintf(us, "\n%s: %s\r\n", _("OPTIONS"), option_string);
+-#if defined (__DATE__) && defined (__TIME__)
++#if 0
+ mc_wprintf(us, "%s %s, %s.\r\n",_("Compiled on"), __DATE__,__TIME__);
+ #endif
+ {