Hi Viktor, Viktor Rosenfeld writes:
> I can't reproduce your error. The date KOMA variable is automatically > set by the \date LaTeX command which can be verified by the snipplet > below. Out of curiosity, what TeX version are you using? I use TeX Live > 2012 which includes scrlttr2 2012/07/29 v3.11b. > > In any case, the KOMA-Script guide also uses the KOMA variable in its > examples, so I think your patch is fine. Thanks for checking. The problem was that I was setting the date in my LCO, and if both \date and \setkomavar{date} are set, then the latter wins. So everything is fine, and thanks again! Alan