1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/ikiwiki-comment.in b/ikiwiki-comment.in
index c742d7063..eb22d6c0d 100755
--- a/ikiwiki-comment.in
+++ b/ikiwiki-comment.in
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ sub main {
 		$format		||= 'mdwn';
 		$username	||= get_username();
 		$subject	||= get_subject($page, $dir);
-		$date		||= get_date();
+		$date		||= IkiWiki::Plugin::comments::commentdate();
 	} else {
 		$format		||= undef;
 		die "must supply username" unless defined $username;
@@ -80,13 +80,6 @@ sub get_subject {
 	return "comment $comment_num";
 }
 
-sub get_date {
-	my $date = IkiWiki::Plugin::comments::commentdate();
-	$date =~ s|^date=\\"||;
-	$date =~ s|\\"$||;
-	return $date;
-}
-
 sub get_comment {
 	my ($format, $username, $subject, $date, $content) = @_;
 	$format = defined $format ? $format = " format=$format" : q{};