Omitting the date when using maketitle

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I'm using the author and title commands to produce a title with maketitle. I also know that there is a date command to specify the date of my work. However, if I omit date, maketitle will produce the current date. How do I achieve that no date is displayed at all?

documentclass{article}



author{Author, A.}

title{Alpha}



begin{document}



maketitle



Some text.



end{document}

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documentclass{article}



author{Author, A.}

title{Alpha}



begin{document}



maketitle



Some text.



end{document}

edited Aug 2 '15 at 12:09

asked Sep 5 '10 at 16:08

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documentclass{article}



author{Author, A.}

title{Alpha}



begin{document}



maketitle



Some text.



end{document}

edited Aug 2 '15 at 12:09

asked Sep 5 '10 at 16:08

lockstep

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documentclass{article}



author{Author, A.}

title{Alpha}



begin{document}



maketitle



Some text.



end{document}

titles datetime

edited Aug 2 '15 at 12:09

asked Sep 5 '10 at 16:08

lockstep

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edited Aug 2 '15 at 12:09

asked Sep 5 '10 at 16:08

lockstep

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edited Aug 2 '15 at 12:09

asked Sep 5 '10 at 16:08

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asked Sep 5 '10 at 16:08

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If you want a blank date, just use date{}.

If you want to remove the spacing altogether where the date usually goes, look into using the titling package, or else the mechanisms provided by your document class, depending on what it is.

edited Jul 29 '12 at 21:04

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answered Sep 5 '10 at 16:14

frabjous

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If I use date{} with the article class (instead of simply omitting the date), the vertical alignment of any following text will change as if the spacing was removed.
– lockstep
Sep 5 '10 at 16:24

3

@lockstep long time post, but testing today (with TexStudio), the date{} it works fine.
– Tom Brito
Dec 8 '12 at 23:56

6

For future reference: if you want to use the titling package to remove space, you can do predate{} and postdate{} and then date{} (as above). The same can be done for author (preauthor{}, postauthor{}, and author{}) and title. To remove the space after the title line itself, do posttitle{parend{center}}, which is the same as the default posttitle except with the vskip 0.5em omitted (see texdoc titling, page 2).
– Reid
Feb 24 '14 at 13:52

Today the spacing seems to be gone already, so it should be fine.
– xji
Jun 11 '16 at 4:05

add a comment |

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124
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For a cheap and easy solution to removing the spacing without delving into the titling package that frabjous mentions, try:

documentclass{article}



author{Me}

title{Foo}

date{vspace{-5ex}}

%date{}  % Toggle commenting to test



begin{document}



maketitle



Bar



end{document}

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If you want a blank date, just use date{}.

If you want to remove the spacing altogether where the date usually goes, look into using the titling package, or else the mechanisms provided by your document class, depending on what it is.

edited Jul 29 '12 at 21:04

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answered Sep 5 '10 at 16:14

frabjous

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If I use date{} with the article class (instead of simply omitting the date), the vertical alignment of any following text will change as if the spacing was removed.
– lockstep
Sep 5 '10 at 16:24

3

@lockstep long time post, but testing today (with TexStudio), the date{} it works fine.
– Tom Brito
Dec 8 '12 at 23:56

6

For future reference: if you want to use the titling package to remove space, you can do predate{} and postdate{} and then date{} (as above). The same can be done for author (preauthor{}, postauthor{}, and author{}) and title. To remove the space after the title line itself, do posttitle{parend{center}}, which is the same as the default posttitle except with the vskip 0.5em omitted (see texdoc titling, page 2).
– Reid
Feb 24 '14 at 13:52

Today the spacing seems to be gone already, so it should be fine.
– xji
Jun 11 '16 at 4:05

add a comment |

up vote
203
down vote

accepted

If you want a blank date, just use date{}.

If you want to remove the spacing altogether where the date usually goes, look into using the titling package, or else the mechanisms provided by your document class, depending on what it is.

edited Jul 29 '12 at 21:04

lockstep

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answered Sep 5 '10 at 16:14

frabjous

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5

If I use date{} with the article class (instead of simply omitting the date), the vertical alignment of any following text will change as if the spacing was removed.
– lockstep
Sep 5 '10 at 16:24

3

@lockstep long time post, but testing today (with TexStudio), the date{} it works fine.
– Tom Brito
Dec 8 '12 at 23:56

6

For future reference: if you want to use the titling package to remove space, you can do predate{} and postdate{} and then date{} (as above). The same can be done for author (preauthor{}, postauthor{}, and author{}) and title. To remove the space after the title line itself, do posttitle{parend{center}}, which is the same as the default posttitle except with the vskip 0.5em omitted (see texdoc titling, page 2).
– Reid
Feb 24 '14 at 13:52

Today the spacing seems to be gone already, so it should be fine.
– xji
Jun 11 '16 at 4:05

add a comment |

up vote
203
down vote

accepted

If you want a blank date, just use date{}.

If you want to remove the spacing altogether where the date usually goes, look into using the titling package, or else the mechanisms provided by your document class, depending on what it is.

edited Jul 29 '12 at 21:04

lockstep

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answered Sep 5 '10 at 16:14

frabjous

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If you want a blank date, just use date{}.

If you want to remove the spacing altogether where the date usually goes, look into using the titling package, or else the mechanisms provided by your document class, depending on what it is.

edited Jul 29 '12 at 21:04

lockstep

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answered Sep 5 '10 at 16:14

frabjous

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edited Jul 29 '12 at 21:04

lockstep

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edited Jul 29 '12 at 21:04

lockstep

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answered Sep 5 '10 at 16:14

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answered Sep 5 '10 at 16:14

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answered Sep 5 '10 at 16:14

frabjous

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If I use date{} with the article class (instead of simply omitting the date), the vertical alignment of any following text will change as if the spacing was removed.
– lockstep
Sep 5 '10 at 16:24

3

@lockstep long time post, but testing today (with TexStudio), the date{} it works fine.
– Tom Brito
Dec 8 '12 at 23:56

6

For future reference: if you want to use the titling package to remove space, you can do predate{} and postdate{} and then date{} (as above). The same can be done for author (preauthor{}, postauthor{}, and author{}) and title. To remove the space after the title line itself, do posttitle{parend{center}}, which is the same as the default posttitle except with the vskip 0.5em omitted (see texdoc titling, page 2).
– Reid
Feb 24 '14 at 13:52

Today the spacing seems to be gone already, so it should be fine.
– xji
Jun 11 '16 at 4:05

add a comment |

5

If I use date{} with the article class (instead of simply omitting the date), the vertical alignment of any following text will change as if the spacing was removed.
– lockstep
Sep 5 '10 at 16:24

3

@lockstep long time post, but testing today (with TexStudio), the date{} it works fine.
– Tom Brito
Dec 8 '12 at 23:56

6

For future reference: if you want to use the titling package to remove space, you can do predate{} and postdate{} and then date{} (as above). The same can be done for author (preauthor{}, postauthor{}, and author{}) and title. To remove the space after the title line itself, do posttitle{parend{center}}, which is the same as the default posttitle except with the vskip 0.5em omitted (see texdoc titling, page 2).
– Reid
Feb 24 '14 at 13:52

Today the spacing seems to be gone already, so it should be fine.
– xji
Jun 11 '16 at 4:05

If I use date{} with the article class (instead of simply omitting the date), the vertical alignment of any following text will change as if the spacing was removed.
– lockstep
Sep 5 '10 at 16:24

@lockstep long time post, but testing today (with TexStudio), the date{} it works fine.
– Tom Brito
Dec 8 '12 at 23:56

For future reference: if you want to use the titling package to remove space, you can do predate{} and postdate{} and then date{} (as above). The same can be done for author (preauthor{}, postauthor{}, and author{}) and title. To remove the space after the title line itself, do posttitle{parend{center}}, which is the same as the default posttitle except with the vskip 0.5em omitted (see texdoc titling, page 2).
– Reid
Feb 24 '14 at 13:52

Today the spacing seems to be gone already, so it should be fine.
– xji
Jun 11 '16 at 4:05

add a comment |

up vote
124
down vote

For a cheap and easy solution to removing the spacing without delving into the titling package that frabjous mentions, try:

documentclass{article}



author{Me}

title{Foo}

date{vspace{-5ex}}

%date{}  % Toggle commenting to test



begin{document}



maketitle



Bar



end{document}

edited Jul 29 '12 at 21:04

lockstep

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answered Sep 6 '10 at 16:02

vanden

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add a comment |

up vote
124
down vote

For a cheap and easy solution to removing the spacing without delving into the titling package that frabjous mentions, try:

documentclass{article}



author{Me}

title{Foo}

date{vspace{-5ex}}

%date{}  % Toggle commenting to test



begin{document}



maketitle



Bar



end{document}

edited Jul 29 '12 at 21:04

lockstep

188k51584717

answered Sep 6 '10 at 16:02

vanden

15.9k185984

add a comment |

up vote
124
down vote

For a cheap and easy solution to removing the spacing without delving into the titling package that frabjous mentions, try:

documentclass{article}



author{Me}

title{Foo}

date{vspace{-5ex}}

%date{}  % Toggle commenting to test



begin{document}



maketitle



Bar



end{document}

edited Jul 29 '12 at 21:04

lockstep

188k51584717

answered Sep 6 '10 at 16:02

vanden

15.9k185984

For a cheap and easy solution to removing the spacing without delving into the titling package that frabjous mentions, try:

documentclass{article}



author{Me}

title{Foo}

date{vspace{-5ex}}

%date{}  % Toggle commenting to test



begin{document}



maketitle



Bar



end{document}

edited Jul 29 '12 at 21:04

lockstep

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answered Sep 6 '10 at 16:02

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edited Jul 29 '12 at 21:04

lockstep

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edited Jul 29 '12 at 21:04

lockstep

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edited Jul 29 '12 at 21:04

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answered Sep 6 '10 at 16:02

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