diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index ff0667b..0eb0e49 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.js filter=dater
 *.html filter=dater
 *.txt ident
+date*.txt filter=dater
diff --git a/date_test.txt b/date_test.txt
index d5be810..af99519 100644
--- a/date_test.txt
+++ b/date_test.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-## $Date: Wed Feb 15 02:04:47 2017 -0500$
+## $Date$
diff --git a/date_test2.txt b/date_test2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af99519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/date_test2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+## $Date$