As I mentioned, I'm getting that same error, not just with #+DATE but also
with #+TITLE, #+AUTHOR, etc. Any one of these is sufficient to break export
for me.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've been using org-mode as a source for my presentations but exporting
> broke today following an ELPA update. It seems the line:
>
> #+DATE: KVM Forum 2015
>
> Is no longer acceptable. I think this changed as of:
>
> ae9db17482a183e5613428c3abf1c691f86b4ac0
>
> I'm not quite sure what the new "parse" is expecting. If I change it to
> a datestamp I see breakage on other lines like the title:
>
> apply: Wrong type argument: listp, #("My presentation title" 0 26 (:parent
> (#0)))
>
> So what form am I meant to be using for these options and why the change?
>
> --
> Alex Bennée
>
>