diff --git a/nix/default.nix b/nix/default.nix
index d80a42a9..4b1be0e2 100644
--- a/nix/default.nix
+++ b/nix/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   lib,
-  fetchurl,
   stdenv,
   pkg-config,
   makeWrapper,
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@
   wrapRuntimeDeps ? true,
   version ? "git",
   commit,
+  date,
   # deprecated flags
   enableNvidiaPatches ? false,
   nvidiaPatches ? false,
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ assert lib.assertMsg (!hidpiXWayland) "The option `hidpiXWayland` has been remov
         --replace "@HASH@" '${commit}' \
         --replace "@BRANCH@" "" \
         --replace "@MESSAGE@" "" \
+        --replace "@DATE@" "${date}" \
         --replace "@TAG@" "" \
         --replace "@DIRTY@" '${
         if commit == ""
diff --git a/nix/overlays.nix b/nix/overlays.nix
index 3658cdfd..5eb7b082 100644
--- a/nix/overlays.nix
+++ b/nix/overlays.nix
@@ -28,17 +28,20 @@ in {
     self.overlays.wlroots-hyprland
     self.overlays.udis86
     # Hyprland packages themselves
-    (final: prev: {
+    (final: prev: let
+      date = mkDate (self.lastModifiedDate or "19700101");
+    in {
       hyprland = final.callPackage ./default.nix {
         stdenv = final.gcc13Stdenv;
-        version = "${props.version}+date=${mkDate (self.lastModifiedDate or "19700101")}_${self.shortRev or "dirty"}";
+        version = "${props.version}+date=${date}_${self.shortRev or "dirty"}";
         wlroots = final.wlroots-hyprland;
         commit = self.rev or "";
         inherit (final) udis86 hyprland-protocols;
+        inherit date;
       };
       hyprland-unwrapped = final.hyprland.override {wrapRuntimeDeps = false;};
       hyprland-debug = final.hyprland.override {debug = true;};
-      hyprland-legacy-renderer = final.hyprland.override { legacyRenderer = true; };
+      hyprland-legacy-renderer = final.hyprland.override {legacyRenderer = true;};
       hyprland-nvidia =
         builtins.trace ''
           hyprland-nvidia was removed. Please use the hyprland package.
diff --git a/scripts/generateVersion.sh b/scripts/generateVersion.sh
index c54e2ebd..443c5c54 100755
--- a/scripts/generateVersion.sh
+++ b/scripts/generateVersion.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ cp -fr ./src/version.h.in ./src/version.h
 HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 MESSAGE=$(git show ${GIT_COMMIT_HASH} | head -n 5 | tail -n 1 | sed -e 's/#//g' -e 's/\"//g')
+DATE=$(git show ${GIT_COMMIT_HASH} --no-patch --format=%cd --date=local)
 DIRTY=$(git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- || echo dirty)
 TAG=$(git describe --tags)
 
 sed -i -e "s#@HASH@#${HASH}#" ./src/version.h
 sed -i -e "s#@BRANCH@#${BRANCH}#" ./src/version.h
 sed -i -e "s#@MESSAGE@#${MESSAGE}#" ./src/version.h
+sed -i -e "s#@DATE@#${DATE}#" ./src/version.h
 sed -i -e "s#@DIRTY@#${DIRTY}#" ./src/version.h
-sed -i -e "s#@TAG@#${TAG}#" ./src/version.h
\ No newline at end of file
+sed -i -e "s#@TAG@#${TAG}#" ./src/version.h
diff --git a/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp b/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
index 98526ef4..68b74fa7 100644
--- a/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
+++ b/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ std::string versionRequest(HyprCtl::eHyprCtlOutputFormat format) {
 
     if (format == HyprCtl::eHyprCtlOutputFormat::FORMAT_NORMAL) {
         std::string result = "Hyprland, built from branch " + std::string(GIT_BRANCH) + " at commit " + GIT_COMMIT_HASH + " " + GIT_DIRTY + " (" + commitMsg +
-            ").\nTag: " + GIT_TAG + "\n\nflags: (if any)\n";
+            ").\nDate: " + GIT_COMMIT_DATE + "\nTag: " + GIT_TAG + "\n\nflags: (if any)\n";
 
 #ifdef LEGACY_RENDERER
         result += "legacyrenderer\n";
@@ -771,9 +771,10 @@ std::string versionRequest(HyprCtl::eHyprCtlOutputFormat format) {
     "commit": "{}",
     "dirty": {},
     "commit_message": "{}",
+    "commit_date": "{}",
     "tag": "{}",
     "flags": [)#",
-            GIT_BRANCH, GIT_COMMIT_HASH, (strcmp(GIT_DIRTY, "dirty") == 0 ? "true" : "false"), escapeJSONStrings(commitMsg), GIT_TAG);
+            GIT_BRANCH, GIT_COMMIT_HASH, (strcmp(GIT_DIRTY, "dirty") == 0 ? "true" : "false"), escapeJSONStrings(commitMsg), GIT_COMMIT_DATE, GIT_TAG);
 
 #ifdef LEGACY_RENDERER
         result += "\"legacyrenderer\",";
diff --git a/src/version.h.in b/src/version.h.in
index 6bfd14e5..e0dd8a83 100644
--- a/src/version.h.in
+++ b/src/version.h.in
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 #define GIT_COMMIT_HASH    "@HASH@"
 #define GIT_BRANCH         "@BRANCH@"
 #define GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE "@MESSAGE@"
+#define GIT_COMMIT_DATE    "@DATE@"
 #define GIT_DIRTY          "@DIRTY@"
-#define GIT_TAG            "@TAG@"
\ No newline at end of file
+#define GIT_TAG            "@TAG@"