From db02ae1b814fb16b986defd1925e4bcd582cdac8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Takeshi KOMIYA <i.tkomiya@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 01:13:46 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: latex: Initialize 'date' on builder

---
 sphinx/builders/latex/__init__.py | 7 +++++++
 sphinx/writers/latex.py           | 8 --------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sphinx/builders/latex/__init__.py b/sphinx/builders/latex/__init__.py
index 64f1bf29d..26e904690 100644
--- a/sphinx/builders/latex/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/builders/latex/__init__.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from sphinx.util import texescape, logging, status_iterator
 from sphinx.util.console import bold, darkgreen  # type: ignore
 from sphinx.util.docutils import SphinxFileOutput, new_document
 from sphinx.util.fileutil import copy_asset_file
+from sphinx.util.i18n import format_date
 from sphinx.util.nodes import inline_all_toctrees
 from sphinx.util.osutil import SEP, make_filename
 from sphinx.util.template import LaTeXRenderer
@@ -191,6 +192,12 @@ class LaTeXBuilder(Builder):
         self.context['release'] = self.config.release
         self.context['use_xindy'] = self.config.latex_use_xindy
 
+        if self.config.today:
+            self.context['date'] = self.config.today
+        else:
+            self.context['date'] = format_date(self.config.today_fmt or _('%b %d, %Y'),
+                                               language=self.config.language)
+
         # for compatibilities
         self.context['indexname'] = _('Index')
         if self.config.release:
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index 4b0914a16..06c78bbd4 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ from sphinx.errors import SphinxError
 from sphinx.locale import admonitionlabels, _, __
 from sphinx.util import split_into, logging
 from sphinx.util.docutils import SphinxTranslator
-from sphinx.util.i18n import format_date
 from sphinx.util.nodes import clean_astext
 from sphinx.util.template import LaTeXRenderer
 from sphinx.util.texescape import tex_escape_map, tex_replace_map
@@ -156,7 +155,6 @@ DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {
     'contentsname':    '',
     'preamble':        '',
     'title':           '',
-    'date':            '',
     'release':         '',
     'author':          '',
     'logo':            '\\vbox{}',
@@ -556,12 +554,6 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(SphinxTranslator):
                 logger.warning(__('unknown %r toplevel_sectioning for class %r') %
                                (self.config.latex_toplevel_sectioning, docclass))
 
-        if self.config.today:
-            self.elements['date'] = self.config.today
-        else:
-            self.elements['date'] = format_date(self.config.today_fmt or _('%b %d, %Y'),
-                                                language=self.config.language)
-
         if self.config.numfig:
             self.numfig_secnum_depth = self.config.numfig_secnum_depth
             if self.numfig_secnum_depth > 0:  # default is 1