diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
index 1fdcf7c6ea..57331ed406 100644
--- a/date.c
+++ b/date.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ static int match_object_header_date(const char *date, unsigned long *timestamp,
 	unsigned long stamp;
 	int ofs;
 
-	if (*date < '0' || '9' <= *date)
+	if (*date < '0' || '9' < *date)
 		return -1;
 	stamp = strtoul(date, &end, 10);
 	if (*end != ' ' || stamp == ULONG_MAX || (end[1] != '+' && end[1] != '-'))
diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index add2c0247f..178e45305d 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ set_ident () {
 			s/.*/GIT_'$uid'_EMAIL='\''&'\''; export GIT_'$uid'_EMAIL/p
 
 			g
-			s/^'$lid' [^<]* <[^>]*> \(.*\)$/\1/
+			s/^'$lid' [^<]* <[^>]*> \(.*\)$/@\1/
 			s/'\''/'\''\'\'\''/g
 			s/.*/GIT_'$uid'_DATE='\''&'\''; export GIT_'$uid'_DATE/p
 
diff --git a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
index e0227730de..4d13e10de1 100755
--- a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ test_description='git filter-branch'
 
 test_expect_success 'setup' '
 	test_commit A &&
-	test_commit B &&
+	GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="@0 +0000" GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="@0 +0000" &&
+	test_commit --notick B &&
 	git checkout -b branch B &&
 	test_commit D &&
 	mkdir dir &&
diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index 16397691d9..80daaca780 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -143,10 +143,19 @@ test_pause () {
 # Both <file> and <contents> default to <message>.
 
 test_commit () {
-	file=${2:-"$1.t"}
+	notick= &&
+	if test "z$1" = "z--notick"
+	then
+		notick=yes
+		shift
+	fi &&
+	file=${2:-"$1.t"} &&
 	echo "${3-$1}" > "$file" &&
 	git add "$file" &&
-	test_tick &&
+	if test -z "$notick"
+	then
+		test_tick
+	fi &&
 	git commit -m "$1" &&
 	git tag "$1"
 }