When I export to LaTeX, the created LaTeX file contains \date{\today}. However, I don't want it to show the date. Using #+OPTIONS: date:nil the LaTeX result will contain \date{} instead, which indeed hides the date, but now there's empty space in place of the date when compiled to a PDF document, which is undesirable. As per the manual the argument < to the OPTIONS keyword is supposed to "[t]oggle inclusion of time/date active/inactive stamps (org-export-with-timestamps)". Putting #+OPTIONS: <:nil, however, has no effect at all; \date{\today} will still end up in the LaTeX export.
Do I misunderstand the meaning of the argument <? How can I prevent the awkward space in the final PDF where the date would normally be? Thank you! Emacs : GNU Emacs 26.2 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.8) of 2019-04-12 Package: Org mode version 9.1.9 (release_9.1.9-65-g5e4542 @ /usr/share/emacs/26.2/lisp/org/)