X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=test%2Ftest-lib.sh;h=53cb9475ad0f62cb442efb95cac75fda0a4ee235;hb=b421f00a05dba82d6c3df6dcb6ae9063c5395b49;hp=d22408d8135bfd954c984830b104bdc1160e4de6;hpb=72ff135ac3e79be548bf5b82b63d15ba278ef4ce;p=notmuch

diff --git a/test/test-lib.sh b/test/test-lib.sh
index d22408d8..53cb9475 100644
--- a/test/test-lib.sh
+++ b/test/test-lib.sh
@@ -356,7 +356,11 @@ generate_message ()
     fi
 
     if [ -z "${template[date]}" ]; then
-	template[date]="Fri, 05 Jan 2001 15:43:57 +0000"
+	# we use decreasing timestamps here for historical reasons;
+	# the existing test suite when we converted to unique timestamps just
+	# happened to have signicantly fewer failures with that choice.
+	template[date]=$(TZ=UTC printf "%(%a, %d %b %Y %T %z)T\n" \
+			$((978709437 - gen_msg_cnt)))
     fi
 
     additional_headers=""