PDCurses version string gave the date 'initscr.c' was compiled, not t…

…he actual version date you might expect from the header constants PDC_VER_YEAR, PDC_VER_MONTH, PDC_VER_DAY.

curses.h

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ Defined by this header:
                    PDC_stringize( PDC_VER_MINOR) "." \
                    PDC_stringize( PDC_VER_CHANGE)
 
+#define PDC_VER_YMD PDC_stringize( PDC_VER_YEAR) "-" \
+                    PDC_stringize( PDC_VER_MONTH) "-" \
+                    PDC_stringize( PDC_VER_DAY)
+
 #define CHTYPE_LONG     1      /* chtype >= 32 bits */
 
 #if defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L

pdcurses/initscr.c

@@ -103,7 +103,38 @@ initscr
 
 char ttytype[128];
 
-const char *_curses_notice = "PDCurses " PDC_VERDOT " - " __DATE__;
+#if PDC_VER_MONTH == 1
+   #define PDC_VER_MONTH_STR "Jan"
+#elif PDC_VER_MONTH == 2
+   #define PDC_VER_MONTH_STR "Feb"
+#elif PDC_VER_MONTH == 3
+   #define PDC_VER_MONTH_STR "Mar"
+#elif PDC_VER_MONTH == 4
+   #define PDC_VER_MONTH_STR "Apr"
+#elif PDC_VER_MONTH == 5
+   #define PDC_VER_MONTH_STR "May"
+#elif PDC_VER_MONTH == 6
+   #define PDC_VER_MONTH_STR "Jun"
+#elif PDC_VER_MONTH == 7
+   #define PDC_VER_MONTH_STR "Jul"
+#elif PDC_VER_MONTH == 8
+   #define PDC_VER_MONTH_STR "Aug"
+#elif PDC_VER_MONTH == 9
+   #define PDC_VER_MONTH_STR "Sep"
+#elif PDC_VER_MONTH == 10
+   #define PDC_VER_MONTH_STR "Oct"
+#elif PDC_VER_MONTH == 11
+   #define PDC_VER_MONTH_STR "Nov"
+#elif PDC_VER_MONTH == 12
+   #define PDC_VER_MONTH_STR "Dec"
+#else
+   #define PDC_VER_MONTH_STR "!!!"
+#endif
+
+const char *_curses_notice = "PDCurses " PDC_VERDOT " - "\
+                    PDC_stringize( PDC_VER_YEAR) "-" \
+                    PDC_VER_MONTH_STR "-" \
+                    PDC_stringize( PDC_VER_DAY);
 
 SCREEN *SP = (SCREEN*)NULL;           /* curses variables */
 WINDOW *curscr = (WINDOW *)NULL;      /* the current screen image */