diff --git a/src/org/umlgraph/test/TestUtils.java b/src/org/umlgraph/test/TestUtils.java
index b6ea930..668b5cd 100644
--- a/src/org/umlgraph/test/TestUtils.java
+++ b/src/org/umlgraph/test/TestUtils.java
@@ -51,13 +51,20 @@ public class TestUtils {
 	    refReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(refTextFile));
 	    outReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(outTextFile));
 
-	    // line by line scan, exit when one file ends or lines are not
-	    // equal (and pass over the "Generated by javadoc ..." comments)
+	    /*
+	     * Line by line scan, exit when one file ends or lines are not
+	     * equal.
+	     * Ignore the "Generated by javadoc ..." comments, and the
+	     * "<META NAME="date"" tags
+	     */
 	    for (;;) {
 		refLine = refReader.readLine();
 		outFile = outReader.readLine();
 		if (refLine == null || outFile == null) {
 		    break;
+		} else if (refLine.startsWith("<META NAME=\"date\"")) {
+		    if (!outFile.startsWith("<META NAME=\"date\""))
+			break;
 		} else if (refLine.startsWith("<!-- Generated by javadoc ")) {
 		    if (!outFile.startsWith("<!-- Generated by javadoc "))
 			break;