diff --git a/Maintenance/git/expand_SVN_date_keyword.rb b/Maintenance/git/expand_SVN_date_keyword.rb
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..e521b15530f
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+++ b/Maintenance/git/expand_SVN_date_keyword.rb
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+#! /usr/bin/env ruby
+data = STDIN.read
+last_date = `git log --pretty=format:"%ad" -1`
+puts data.gsub('$Date$', '$Date: ' + last_date.to_s + '$')