diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index fe19313c..ec054701 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,204 +1,204 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 #
 # Author: Fabio M. Di Nitto <fabbione@kronosnet.org>
 #
 # This software licensed under GPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.0+
 #
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES	= Makefile.in aclocal.m4 configure depcomp \
 			  config.guess config.sub missing install-sh \
 			  ltmain.sh compile config.h.in config.h.in~ \
 			  autoscan.log configure.scan test-driver \
 			  m4/libtool.m4 m4/lt~obsolete.m4 m4/ltoptions.m4 \
 			  m4/ltsugar.m4 m4/ltversion.m4
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/check.mk
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS	= foreign
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS		= -I m4
 
 SPEC			= $(PACKAGE_NAME).spec
 
 TARGZFILE		= $(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.gz
 
 EXTRA_DIST		= autogen.sh .version \
 			  NOTES_TO_PACKAGE_MAINTAINERS \
 			  $(SPEC).in build-aux
 
 SUBDIRS			= init libtap libknet kronosnetd
 
 if BUILD_MAN
 SUBDIRS			+= man
 endif
 
 if BUILD_POC
 SUBDIRS			+= poc-code
 endif
 
 dist_doc_DATA		= \
 			  COPYING.applications \
 			  COPYING.libraries \
 			  COPYRIGHT \
 			  README.licence \
 			  README
 
 all-local: $(SPEC)
 
 clean-local:
 	rm -f $(SPEC)
 
 distclean-local:
 	rm -f $(PACKAGE_NAME)-*.tar.* $(PACKAGE_NAME)-*.sha256* tag-*
 
 ## make rpm/srpm section.
 
 $(SPEC): $(SPEC).in .version config.status
 	rm -f $@-t $@
-	date="`LC_ALL=C date "+%a %b %d %Y"`" && \
+	date="`LC_ALL=C date -d "@$(SOURCE_EPOCH)" "+%a %b %d %Y"`" && \
 	if [ -f $(abs_srcdir)/.tarball-version ]; then \
 		gitver="`cat $(abs_srcdir)/.tarball-version`" && \
 		rpmver=$$gitver && \
 		alphatag="" && \
 		dirty="" && \
 		numcomm="0"; \
 	else \
 		gitver="`GIT_DIR=$(abs_srcdir)/.git git describe --abbrev=4 --match='v*' HEAD 2>/dev/null`" && \
 		rpmver=`echo $$gitver | sed -e "s/^v//" -e "s/-.*//g"` && \
 		alphatag=`echo $$gitver | sed -e "s/.*-//" -e "s/^g//"` && \
 		vtag=`echo $$gitver | sed -e "s/-.*//g"` && \
 		numcomm=`GIT_DIR=$(abs_srcdir)/.git git rev-list $$vtag..HEAD | wc -l` && \
 		cd $(abs_srcdir) && \
 		git update-index --refresh > /dev/null 2>&1 || true && \
 		dirty=`git diff-index --name-only HEAD 2>/dev/null` && cd - 2>/dev/null; \
 	fi && \
 	if [ -n "$$dirty" ]; then dirty="dirty"; else dirty=""; fi && \
 	if [ "$$numcomm" = "0" ]; then \
 		sed \
 			-e "s#@version@#$$rpmver#g" \
 			-e "s#%glo.*alpha.*##g" \
 			-e "s#%glo.*numcomm.*##g" \
 			-e "s#@dirty@#$$dirty#g" \
 			-e "s#@date@#$$date#g" \
 		$(abs_srcdir)/$@.in > $@-t; \
 	else \
 		sed \
 			-e "s#@version@#$$rpmver#g" \
 			-e "s#@alphatag@#$$alphatag#g" \
 			-e "s#@numcomm@#$$numcomm#g" \
 			-e "s#@dirty@#$$dirty#g" \
 			-e "s#@date@#$$date#g" \
 		$(abs_srcdir)/$@.in > $@-t; \
 	fi; \
 	if [ -z "$$dirty" ]; then sed -i -e "s#%glo.*dirty.*##g" $@-t; fi
 if BUILD_SCTP
 	sed -i -e "s#@sctp@#bcond_without#g" $@-t
 else
 	sed -i -e "s#@sctp@#bcond_with#g" $@-t
 endif
 if BUILD_CRYPTO_NSS
 	sed -i -e "s#@nss@#bcond_without#g" $@-t
 else
 	sed -i -e "s#@nss@#bcond_with#g" $@-t
 endif
 if BUILD_CRYPTO_OPENSSL
 	sed -i -e "s#@openssl@#bcond_without#g" $@-t
 else
 	sed -i -e "s#@openssl@#bcond_with#g" $@-t
 endif
 if BUILD_COMPRESS_ZLIB
 	sed -i -e "s#@zlib@#bcond_without#g" $@-t
 else
 	sed -i -e "s#@zlib@#bcond_with#g" $@-t
 endif
 if BUILD_COMPRESS_LZ4
 	sed -i -e "s#@lz4@#bcond_without#g" $@-t
 else
 	sed -i -e "s#@lz4@#bcond_with#g" $@-t
 endif
 if BUILD_COMPRESS_LZO2
 	sed -i -e "s#@lzo2@#bcond_without#g" $@-t
 else
 	sed -i -e "s#@lzo2@#bcond_with#g" $@-t
 endif
 if BUILD_COMPRESS_LZMA
 	sed -i -e "s#@lzma@#bcond_without#g" $@-t
 else
 	sed -i -e "s#@lzma@#bcond_with#g" $@-t
 endif
 if BUILD_COMPRESS_BZIP2
 	sed -i -e "s#@bzip2@#bcond_without#g" $@-t
 else
 	sed -i -e "s#@bzip2@#bcond_with#g" $@-t
 endif
 if BUILD_KRONOSNETD
 	sed -i -e "s#@kronosnetd@#bcond_without#g" $@-t
 else
 	sed -i -e "s#@kronosnetd@#bcond_with#g" $@-t
 endif
 if BUILD_LIBTAP
 	sed -i -e "s#@libtap@#bcond_without#g" $@-t
 else
 	sed -i -e "s#@libtap@#bcond_with#g" $@-t
 endif
 if BUILD_RUNAUTOGEN
 	sed -i -e "s#@runautogen@#bcond_without#g" $@-t
 else
 	sed -i -e "s#@runautogen@#bcond_with#g" $@-t
 endif
 if OVERRIDE_RPM_DEBUGINFO
 	sed -i -e "s#@overriderpmdebuginfo@#bcond_without#g" $@-t
 else
 	sed -i -e "s#@overriderpmdebuginfo@#bcond_with#g" $@-t
 endif
 if BUILD_RPM_DEBUGINFO
 	sed -i -e "s#@rpmdebuginfo@#bcond_without#g" $@-t
 else
 	sed -i -e "s#@rpmdebuginfo@#bcond_with#g" $@-t
 endif
 if BUILD_MAN
 	sed -i -e "s#@buildman@#bcond_without#g" $@-t
 else
 	sed -i -e "s#@buildman@#bcond_with#g" $@-t
 endif
 	sed -i -e "s#@defaultadmgroup@#$(DEFAULTADMGROUP)#g" $@-t
 	chmod a-w $@-t
 	mv $@-t $@
 	rm -f $@-t*
 
 $(TARGZFILE):
 	$(MAKE) dist
 
 RPMBUILDOPTS	= --define "_sourcedir $(abs_builddir)" \
 		  --define "_specdir $(abs_builddir)" \
 		  --define "_builddir $(abs_builddir)" \
 		  --define "_srcrpmdir $(abs_builddir)" \
 		  --define "_rpmdir $(abs_builddir)"
 
 srpm: clean
 	$(MAKE) $(SPEC) $(TARGZFILE)
 	rpmbuild $(RPMBUILDOPTS) --nodeps -bs $(SPEC)
 
 rpm: clean
 	$(MAKE) $(SPEC) $(TARGZFILE)
 	rpmbuild $(RPMBUILDOPTS) -ba $(SPEC)
 
 # release/versioning
 BUILT_SOURCES	= .version
 .version:
 	echo $(VERSION) > $@-t && mv $@-t $@
 
 dist-hook: gen-ChangeLog
 	echo $(VERSION) > $(distdir)/.tarball-version
 	echo $(SOURCE_EPOCH) > $(distdir)/source_epoch
 
 gen_start_date = 2000-01-01
 .PHONY: gen-ChangeLog
 gen-ChangeLog:
 	if test -d $(abs_srcdir)/.git; then				\
 		LC_ALL=C $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog	\
 			--since=$(gen_start_date) > $(distdir)/cl-t;	\
 		rm -f $(distdir)/ChangeLog;				\
 		mv $(distdir)/cl-t $(distdir)/ChangeLog;		\
 	fi