diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index b835544..cf32335 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.html filter=dater
 *.txt ident
+date*.txt filter=dater
diff --git a/date_test.txt b/date_test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d94a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/date_test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# $Date$