diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index ec56c9502..cc23a61ed 100755
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2008-09-05  Carsten Dominik  <dominik@science.uva.nl>
 
+	* org-exp.el (org-get-current-options): Remove angular brackets
+	from the date entry.
+
 	* org.el (org-edit-fixed-width-region): New function.
 	(org-edit-fixed-width-region): Also try
 	`org-edit-fixed-width-region'.
diff --git a/lisp/org-exp.el b/lisp/org-exp.el
index e091356ac..c0708b153 100644
--- a/lisp/org-exp.el
+++ b/lisp/org-exp.el
@@ -2489,7 +2489,7 @@ Does include HTML export options as well as TODO and CATEGORY stuff."
 #+LINK:      %s
 "
    (buffer-name) (user-full-name) user-mail-address
-   (format-time-string (car org-time-stamp-formats))
+   (format-time-string (substring (car org-time-stamp-formats) 1 -1))
    org-export-default-language
    org-export-headline-levels
    org-export-with-section-numbers