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LaTeX fills in the date on the "title" page before it parses any text on the title page (other than maybe the title itself), so putting it in ERT on the first page is slamming the barn door after the cow has bolted.
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Just so, but it does work if you put the ERT immediately after the title.
Regards, Nick. -- Nick Hopton and Anne Hopton Caversham, Reading, England <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>