% From:
%Hal Peterson			Internet:  hrp@cray.com
%Cray Research, Inc.		Telephone:  +1 612 683 5440
%	Laws create nature.	-Andrea Dworkin
%
% Unfortunately, there's no way to put it in a .sty file, because then
% the RCS information would apply to the .sty file rather than to the
% .tex file.
\makeatletter

{\catcode`\$=12
 % Define a LaTeX macro from an RCS keyword.
 \def\@RCS@define$#1: #2 ${\expandafter\gdef\csname RCS#1\endcsname{#2}}
 \@RCS@define$Revision$
 % RCSDate is a special case because the default format---yy/mm/dd---is
 % too ugly for human consumption.
 \def\@RCS@date$#1: #2/#3/#4 #5${\gdef\RCSDate{%
   \@tempcnta#3\@tempcntb#2\relax
   #4\space
   \ifcase\@tempcnta\or January\or February\or March\or April\or May\or June\or
   July\or August\or September\or October\or November\or December\fi
   \space\ifnum\@tempcntb < 100 19\fi#2%
  }
 }
 \@RCS@date$Date$
}

\def\today{\RCSDate}

\makeatother