diff --git a/src/Build/Tools/source_date_epoch.sh b/src/Build/Tools/source_date_epoch.sh
index f9d14956..9e25aa1a 100755
--- a/src/Build/Tools/source_date_epoch.sh
+++ b/src/Build/Tools/source_date_epoch.sh
@@ -59,12 +59,6 @@ fi
 
 RELEASE_EPOCH=$(awk '
     function leap(y) { return ((y % 4 == 0 && y % 100 != 0) || (y % 400 == 0)) }
-    function month_number(name) {
-        return (name == "January" ? 1 : name == "February" ? 2 : name == "March" ? 3 :
-            name == "April" ? 4 : name == "May" ? 5 : name == "June" ? 6 :
-            name == "July" ? 7 : name == "August" ? 8 : name == "September" ? 9 :
-            name == "October" ? 10 : name == "November" ? 11 : name == "December" ? 12 : 0);
-    }
     function mdays(m, y) { return (m == 2 ? 28 + leap(y) : (m == 4 || m == 6 || m == 9 || m == 11 ? 30 : 31)) }
     function epoch(y, m, d, days, i) {
         days = 0;
@@ -75,17 +69,6 @@ RELEASE_EPOCH=$(awk '
     }
     function is_number(value) { return (value ~ /^[0-9]+$/) }
 
-    /^[[:space:]]*#define[[:space:]]+TC_STR_RELEASE_DATE[[:space:]]+L"/ {
-        date = $0;
-        sub(/^.*L"/, "", date);
-        sub(/".*$/, "", date);
-        split(date, parts, /[ ,]+/);
-        if (month_number(parts[1]) == 0 || !is_number(parts[2]) || !is_number(parts[3])) exit 1;
-        date_month = month_number(parts[1]);
-        date_day = parts[2] + 0;
-        date_year = parts[3] + 0;
-        seen_date = 1;
-    }
     /^[[:space:]]*#define[[:space:]]+TC_RELEASE_DATE_YEAR[[:space:]]+/ {
         if (!is_number($3)) exit 1;
         year = $3 + 0;
@@ -102,9 +85,8 @@ RELEASE_EPOCH=$(awk '
         seen_day = 1;
     }
     END {
-        if (!seen_date || !seen_year || !seen_month || !seen_day) exit 1;
+        if (!seen_year || !seen_month || !seen_day) exit 1;
         if (year < 1970 || month < 1 || month > 12 || day < 1 || day > mdays(month, year)) exit 1;
-        if (date_month != month || date_day != day || date_year != year) exit 1;
         printf "%d", epoch(year, month, day);
     }' "$TCDEFS_H") || {
     echo "Error: unable to derive SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH from $TCDEFS_H" >&2
diff --git a/src/Common/Tcdefs.h b/src/Common/Tcdefs.h
index 45e7e7a0..9f56795f 100644
--- a/src/Common/Tcdefs.h
+++ b/src/Common/Tcdefs.h
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ extern unsigned short _rotl16(unsigned short value, unsigned char shift);
 #define VERSION_NUM						0x0126
 
 // Release date
-#define TC_STR_RELEASE_DATE			L"June 9, 2026"
 #define TC_RELEASE_DATE_YEAR			2026
 #define TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH			 6
 #define TC_RELEASE_DATE_DAY			 9
@@ -406,7 +405,26 @@ void EraseMemory (void *memory, int size);
 #define TC_MAX_PATH		260	/* Includes the null terminator */
 #endif
 
-#define TC_STR_RELEASED_BY L"Released by AM Crypto on " TC_STR_RELEASE_DATE
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME_1	L"January"
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME_2	L"February"
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME_3	L"March"
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME_4	L"April"
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME_5	L"May"
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME_6	L"June"
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME_7	L"July"
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME_8	L"August"
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME_9	L"September"
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME_10	L"October"
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME_11	L"November"
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME_12	L"December"
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME_(m)	TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME_##m
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME(m)	TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME_(m)
+
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_WSTR2(x)		L##x
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_WSTR1(x)		TC_RELEASE_DATE_WSTR2(#x)
+#define TC_RELEASE_DATE_WSTR(x)		TC_RELEASE_DATE_WSTR1(x)
+
+#define TC_STR_RELEASED_BY L"Released by AM Crypto on " TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH_NAME(TC_RELEASE_DATE_MONTH) L" " TC_RELEASE_DATE_WSTR(TC_RELEASE_DATE_DAY) L", " TC_RELEASE_DATE_WSTR(TC_RELEASE_DATE_YEAR)
 
 #define MAX_URL_LENGTH	2084 /* Internet Explorer limit. Includes the terminating null character. */