--- a/hgext/evolve.py	Thu Feb 27 19:58:08 2014 -0800
+++ b/hgext/evolve.py	Mon Mar 03 19:28:43 2014 -0800
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@
     metadata = {}
     date = opts.get('date')
     user = opts.get('user')
-    if date and '0 0' != date:
+    if date:
         metadata['date'] = '%i %i' % util.parsedate(date)
     if user:
         metadata['user'] = user