diff --git a/src/config.xml b/src/config.xml

index acbee8e..faad651 100644

--- a/src/config.xml

+++ b/src/config.xml

@@ -2647,6 +2647,16 @@ or

 ]]>

       </docs>

     </option>

+    <option type='bool' id='LATEX_TIMESTAMP' defval='0' depends='GENERATE_LATEX'>

+      <docs>

+

+ If the \c LATEX_TIMESTAMP tag is set to \c YES then the footer of

+ each generated page will contain the date and time when the page

+ was generated. Setting this to \c NO can help when comparing the output of

+ multiple runs.

+]]>

+      </docs>

+    </option>

   </group>

   <group name='RTF' docs='Configuration options related to the RTF output'>

     <option type='bool' id='GENERATE_RTF' defval='0'>

diff --git a/src/latexgen.cpp b/src/latexgen.cpp

index 681b575..d8a3220 100644

--- a/src/latexgen.cpp

+++ b/src/latexgen.cpp

@@ -571,11 +571,18 @@ static void writeDefaultHeaderPart1(FTextStream &t)

   // Headers & footers

   QGString genString;

+  QCString generatedBy;

+  static bool timeStamp = Config_getBool("LATEX_TIMESTAMP");

   FTextStream tg(&genString);

-  filterLatexString(tg,

-                    theTranslator->trGeneratedAt(dateToString(TRUE),

-                       Config_getString("PROJECT_NAME")),

-                    FALSE,FALSE,FALSE);

+  if (timeStamp)

+  {

+    generatedBy = theTranslator->trGeneratedAt(dateToString(TRUE), Config_getString("PROJECT_NAME"));

+  }

+  else

+  {

+    generatedBy = theTranslator->trGeneratedBy();

+  }

+  filterLatexString(tg, generatedBy, FALSE,FALSE,FALSE);

   t << "% Headers & footers\n"

        "\\usepackage{fancyhdr}\n"

        "\\pagestyle{fancyplain}\n"

@@ -700,10 +707,11 @@ static void writeDefaultHeaderPart3(FTextStream &t)

 {

   // part 3

   // Finalize project number

-  t << " Doxygen " << versionString << "}\\\\\n"

-       "\\vspace*{0.5cm}\n"

-       "{\\small " << dateToString(TRUE) << "}\\\\\n"

-       "\\end{center}\n"

+  t << " Doxygen " << versionString << "}\\\\\n";

+  if (Config_getBool("LATEX_TIMESTAMP"))

+    t << "\\vspace*{0.5cm}\n"

+         "{\\small " << dateToString(TRUE) << "}\\\\\n";

+  t << "\\end{center}\n"

        "\\end{titlepage}\n";

   bool compactLatex = Config_getBool("COMPACT_LATEX");

   if (!compactLatex)