diff --git a/templates/rss-comments.tpl.xml b/templates/rss-comments.tpl.xml
index 3813b71..362872a 100644
--- a/templates/rss-comments.tpl.xml
+++ b/templates/rss-comments.tpl.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" >
 <!--% PROCESS 'shared-utils.tpl.html' %-->	
 <!--% PROCESS 'shared-episode-summary.tpl.html' %-->	
+<!--% USE date %-->
 	<channel>
 	  <title>Hacker Public Radio ~ Comment Feed</title>
 	  <link><!--% baseurl %-->about.html</link>
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 		<width>144</width>
 	  </image>
 	  <atom:link href="<!--% baseurl %-->comments.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
-	  <pubDate><!--% format_feed_date(current_date) %--></pubDate>
+	  <pubDate><!--% format_feed_date(date.now) %--></pubDate>
 	<!--% USE DBI(constants.driver, constants.user, constants.password) %-->
 	<!--% FOREACH item IN DBI.query('
 		SELECT C.*,