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diff --git a/src/common b/src/common
index 51b0470..eb3a083 100644
--- a/src/common
+++ b/src/common
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 SYSCONFIGDIR=${MONKEYSPHERE_SYSCONFIGDIR:-"/etc/monkeysphere"}
 export SYSCONFIGDIR
 
+# monkeysphere version
+VERSION=__VERSION__
+
 ########################################################################
 ### UTILITY FUNCTIONS
 
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@ advance_date() {
     local shortunits
 
     # try things the GNU way first 
-    if date -d "$number $longunits" "$format" >&/dev/null ; then
+    if date -d "$number $longunits" "$format" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	date -d "$number $longunits" "$format"
     else
 	# otherwise, convert to (a limited version of) BSD date syntax: