[tor-bugs] #11506 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Users are confused by the 2000-01-01 00:00 UTC timestamp

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#11506: Users are confused by the 2000-01-01 00:00 UTC timestamp
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 Reporter:  lunar                                |          Owner:  tbb-
     Type:  defect                               |  team
 Priority:  Medium                               |         Status:  new
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |      Milestone:
 Severity:  Normal                               |        Version:
 Keywords:  tbb-helpdesk-frequent, tbb-gitian,   |     Resolution:
  TorBrowserTeam201601, GeorgKoppen201601        |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by gk):

 Partial rebuilds are worth to have. But I actually don't see how any of
 the four possible solutions you brought up solves this bug while keeping
 this option. I mean, even if we set `REFERENCE_DATETIME` in
 `gitian/versions` the timestamps would be different (e.g. those embedded
 in binaries that don't get rebuilt).

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