diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d96114619..119040151 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@ set_default_version()
 	echo "${script_name}: determining default version string."

 	# Use what's in the version file as-is.
-	version="AOCL-BLAS $(cat "${version_file}") Build $(date +%Y%m%d)"
+	version="AOCL-BLAS $(cat "${version_file}") Build $(date -d "@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" +%Y%m%d)"
 }