Daniel Fleischer [2022-07-31 Sun 18:25] wrote: > I would reckon people don't want the date displayed when they set it to > nil. But removing the line \date{} just prints today's date. I don't > understand the purpose of the patch.
In other words \date{} is what prevents from the date being printed. Or put differently \date{\today} and not putting \date is equivalent. See http://www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_125.html. Daniel