This seems to work for me:

#+DATE:  %Y-%m-%d



Shripad
Tucson, AZ


On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Bastien <bzg@altern.org> wrote:

> Hi Eric,
>
> Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
>
> > This appears to work:
> >
> > #+TITLE: The title {{{modification-time(%Y-%m-%d)}}}
> >
> > Look in the info manual, (org) Macro replacement.
> >
> > "date" instead of "modification-time" should work but doesn't for
> > me.
>
> {{{date}}} will only work if #+DATE: is set.
>
> For other users, use {{{modification-time(...)}}} or {{{time()}}}
>
> (And yes, this will be documented...)
>
> --
>  Bastien
>
>