diff --git a/Installation/CMakeLists.txt b/Installation/CMakeLists.txt
index 30440ddf9b0..94e81674b45 100644
--- a/Installation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Installation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ if ( CGAL_BRANCH_BUILD )
   message(STATUS "CGAL_CREATED_SVN_REVISION is ${CGAL_CREATED_SVN_REVISION} (dummy)")
 
   file(REMOVE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include/CGAL/version.h)
+  string(TIMESTAMP CGAL_CREATED_RELEASE_DATE "%Y%m%d")
   configure_file(${CGAL_INSTALLATION_PACKAGE_DIR}/config/version.h.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include/CGAL/version.h @ONLY)
 
   #
diff --git a/Installation/config/version.h.in b/Installation/config/version.h.in
index df5f9facac2..81ed4043384 100644
--- a/Installation/config/version.h.in
+++ b/Installation/config/version.h.in
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #define CGAL_VERSION_NR @CGAL_CREATED_VERSION_NR@
 #define CGAL_SVN_REVISION @CGAL_CREATED_SVN_REVISION@
 
+#define CGAL_RELEASE_DATE @CGAL_CREATED_RELEASE_DATE@
+
 #include <CGAL/version_macros.h>
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Installation/include/CGAL/license/gpl.h.in b/Installation/include/CGAL/license/gpl.h.in
index 6ad280611f7..98522bc1e61 100644
--- a/Installation/include/CGAL/license/gpl.h.in
+++ b/Installation/include/CGAL/license/gpl.h.in
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 #include <CGAL/config.h>
 #include <CGAL/license.h>
-#include <CGAL/license/release_date.h>
 
 
 
diff --git a/Installation/include/CGAL/license/lgpl.h b/Installation/include/CGAL/license/lgpl.h
index af81974f996..445f199e197 100644
--- a/Installation/include/CGAL/license/lgpl.h
+++ b/Installation/include/CGAL/license/lgpl.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 #include <CGAL/config.h>
 #include <CGAL/license.h>
-#include <CGAL/license/release_date.h>
 
 
 
diff --git a/Installation/include/CGAL/license/release_date.h b/Installation/include/CGAL/license/release_date.h
deleted file mode 100644
index ffa49f3f6e0..00000000000
--- a/Installation/include/CGAL/license/release_date.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2016  GeometryFactory Sarl (France)
-//
-// This file is part of CGAL (www.cgal.org); you can redistribute it and/or
-// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
-// published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License,
-// or (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// Licensees holding a valid commercial license may use this file in
-// accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the software.
-//
-// This file is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE
-// WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-//
-// $URL$
-// $Id$
-// 
-//
-// Author     : Andreas Fabri
-
-#ifndef CGAL_LICENSE_RELEASE_DATE_H
-#define CGAL_LICENSE_RELEASE_DATE_H
-
-#define CGAL_RELEASE_DATE 20170201
-
-#endif
diff --git a/Scripts/developer_scripts/create_internal_release b/Scripts/developer_scripts/create_internal_release
index 07dfa85e607..32fb3618938 100755
--- a/Scripts/developer_scripts/create_internal_release
+++ b/Scripts/developer_scripts/create_internal_release
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use Archive::Tar::File;
 use File::Copy;
 use File::Copy::Recursive qw(dircopy);
 use File::Path qw(mkpath);
+use POSIX qw(strftime);
 
 $Getopt::Std::STANDARD_HELP_VERSION = 1;
 
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ sub create_version_file()
     chdir "$RELEASEDIR/$VERSION/include/CGAL" or die;
     open(TEMPFILE, ">tempfile") or die;
 
+    my $RELEASE_DATE = strftime "%Y%m%d", localtime;
 # TODO : add `svnversion` Revision.
 
     print TEMPFILE << 'EOF';
@@ -295,6 +297,7 @@ EOF
     print TEMPFILE "#define CGAL_VERSION_NR $VERSION_NR\n";
     print TEMPFILE "#define CGAL_SVN_REVISION 0\n";
     print TEMPFILE "#define CGAL_GIT_HASH 0\n";
+    print TEMPFILE "#define CGAL_RELEASE_DATE $RELEASE_DATE\n";
 
 print TEMPFILE << 'EOF';
 #define CGAL_VERSION_STR CGAL_str(CGAL_VERSION)