diff --git a/MUSHclient.rc b/MUSHclient.rc
index fd921852..8184cfb7 100644
--- a/MUSHclient.rc
+++ b/MUSHclient.rc
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "FileDescription", "MUSHclient\0"
             VALUE "FileVersion", "4.92\0"
             VALUE "InternalName", "MUSHCLIENT\0"
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright © 2013 Nick Gammon\0"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright © 2014 Nick Gammon\0"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "\0"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "MUSHCLIENT.EXE\0"
             VALUE "PrivateBuild", "\0"
diff --git a/doc.h b/doc.h
index 4d4df9f2..892ca6ee 100644
--- a/doc.h
+++ b/doc.h
@@ -902,6 +902,7 @@ class CMUSHclientDoc : public CDocument
 
   // version 4.92
   unsigned short m_bLogScriptErrors;          // write scripting error messages to log file?
+  unsigned short m_bOmitSavedDateFromSaveFiles; // if set, do not write the date saved to save files
 
   // end of stuff saved to disk **************************************************************
 
diff --git a/doc_construct.cpp b/doc_construct.cpp
index e6aff5e0..b2b5e5f5 100644
--- a/doc_construct.cpp
+++ b/doc_construct.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ int i;
   m_bDoNotTranslateIACtoIACIAC = false;
   m_bAutoResizeCommandWindow = false;
   m_bLogScriptErrors = false;
+  m_bOmitSavedDateFromSaveFiles = false;
   m_iAutoResizeMinimumLines = 1;   
   m_iAutoResizeMaximumLines = 20;   
   m_bDoNotAddMacrosToCommandHistory = false;
diff --git a/scriptingoptions.cpp b/scriptingoptions.cpp
index f5171745..4185fb5d 100644
--- a/scriptingoptions.cpp
+++ b/scriptingoptions.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ tConfigurationNumericOption OptionsTable [] = {
 {"mxp_debug_level",                     DBG_NONE, O(m_iMXPdebugLevel), 0, 4},      
 {"naws",                                false, O(m_bNAWS)},                             
 {"note_text_colour",                    4,     O(m_iNoteTextColour), 0, 0xFFFFFF, OPT_RGB_COLOUR | OPT_UPDATE_VIEWS}, 
-{"no_echo_off",                         false, O(m_bNoEchoOff)},                        
+{"no_echo_off",                         false, O(m_bNoEchoOff)},
+{"omit_date_from_save_files",           false, O(m_bOmitSavedDateFromSaveFiles)},                     
 {"output_font_height",                  12,    O(m_font_height), 1, 1000, OPT_UPDATE_VIEWS | OPT_UPDATE_OUTPUT_FONT}, 
 {"output_font_weight",                  FW_DONTCARE, O(m_font_weight), 0, 1000, OPT_UPDATE_VIEWS | OPT_UPDATE_OUTPUT_FONT},
 {"output_font_charset",                 DEFAULT_CHARSET, O(m_font_charset), 0, 65536, OPT_UPDATE_VIEWS | OPT_UPDATE_OUTPUT_FONT},
diff --git a/xml/xml_save_world.cpp b/xml/xml_save_world.cpp
index 2d0d46ce..e9ddf662 100644
--- a/xml/xml_save_world.cpp
+++ b/xml/xml_save_world.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ void CMUSHclientDoc::Save_Version_And_Date_XML (CArchive& ar)
 
   Save_XML_string (ar, "muclient_version", MUSHCLIENT_VERSION);
   Save_XML_number (ar, "world_file_version", VERSION);
-  Save_XML_date   (ar, "date_saved", CTime::GetCurrentTime());
+  if (!m_bOmitSavedDateFromSaveFiles)
+    Save_XML_date   (ar, "date_saved", CTime::GetCurrentTime());
 
   } // end of CMUSHclientDoc::Save_Version_And_Date_XML
 
@@ -43,10 +44,13 @@ void CMUSHclientDoc::Save_World_XML (CArchive& ar,
   // document type is world
   ar.WriteString ("<!DOCTYPE muclient>" NL);
 
-  // when did we save it?
-  ar.WriteString (CFormat ("<!-- Saved on %s -->" NL, 
-        FixHTMLString (CTime::GetCurrentTime().Format 
-        (TranslateTime ("%A, %B %d, %Y, %#I:%M %p")))));
+  if (!m_bOmitSavedDateFromSaveFiles)
+    {
+    // when did we save it?
+    ar.WriteString (CFormat ("<!-- Saved on %s -->" NL, 
+          FixHTMLString (CTime::GetCurrentTime().Format 
+          (TranslateTime ("%A, %B %d, %Y, %#I:%M %p")))));
+    }
 
   // which version was it?
   ar.WriteString (CFormat