diff --git a/samples/pelican.conf.py b/samples/pelican.conf.py
index fffbf1a8..e55e0c0b 100755
--- a/samples/pelican.conf.py
+++ b/samples/pelican.conf.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ PDF_GENERATOR = False
 REVERSE_CATEGORY_ORDER = True
 LOCALE = "C"
 DEFAULT_PAGINATION = 4
+DEFAULT_DATE = (2012, 03, 02, 14, 01, 01)
 
 FEED_RSS = 'feeds/all.rss.xml'
 CATEGORY_FEED_RSS = 'feeds/%s.rss.xml'