diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/ChangeLogTask.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/ChangeLogTask.java
index 0625fc1b5..91d90677e 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/ChangeLogTask.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/ChangeLogTask.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2002-2003 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
+ * Copyright (c) 2002 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
  * reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Properties;
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:jeff.martin@synamic.co.uk">Jeff Martin</a>
  * @author <a href="mailto:peter@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
- * @author <a href="mailto:j.kenneth.gentle@acm.org">Ken Gentle</a>
+ * @version $Revision$ $Date$
  * @since Ant 1.5
  * @ant.task name="cvschangelog"
  */
@@ -120,21 +119,9 @@ public class ChangeLogTask extends Task {
 
     /** The earliest date at which to start processing entrys.  */
     private Date m_start;
-    
-    /** 
-     * The start date as a string, possibly to be interpreted according
-     * to a format
-     */
-    private String m_startDate;
-     
 
     /** The latest date at which to stop processing entrys.  */
     private Date m_stop;
-    
-    /** 
-     * The stop date as a string
-     */
-    private String m_stopDate;
 
     /**
      * Filesets containting list of files against which the cvs log will be
@@ -143,12 +130,7 @@ public class ChangeLogTask extends Task {
      */
     private final Vector m_filesets = new Vector();
 
-    /** 
-     * The <code>SimpleDateFormat</code> pattern to be used in parsing date 
-     * attributes
-     */ 
-    private String m_datePattern = "yyyy-MM-dd";
-    
+
     /**
      * Set the base dir for cvs.
      *
@@ -231,62 +213,7 @@ public class ChangeLogTask extends Task {
         m_filesets.addElement(fileSet);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * <code>SimpleDateFormat</code> pattern to be used in parsing date
-     * attributes.
-     * 
-     * @param pattern <code>SimpleDateFormat</code> pattern.
-     */
-    public void setDatePattern(final String datePattern) {
-        m_datePattern = datePattern;
-    }
- 
-    /**
-     * 
-     * @param startDate
-     */
-    public void setStartDate(final String startDate) {
-        m_startDate = startDate;
-    }
-
-    public void setEndDate(final String stopDate) {
-        m_stopDate = stopDate;
-    }
 
-    private void determineDates() {
-        SimpleDateFormat format;
-        try {
-            format = new SimpleDateFormat(m_datePattern);
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-            final String message = "Illegal SimpleDateFormat pattern '"
-                 + m_datePattern + "'";
-            throw new BuildException(message);
-        }
-        
-        
-        if (m_startDate != null) {
-            try {
-                m_start = format.parse(m_startDate);
-            } catch (ParseException e) {
-                final String message = "Can't parse date '" + m_startDate
-                     + "' with pattern '" + m_datePattern + "'";
-                throw new BuildException(message);
-            }
-        }
-        
-        if (m_stopDate != null) {
-            try {
-                m_stop = format.parse(m_stopDate);
-            } catch (ParseException e) {
-                final String message = "Can't parse date '" + m_stopDate
-                     + "' with pattern '" + m_datePattern + "'";
-                throw new BuildException(message);
-            }
-        }
-                   
-    }
-    
-    
     /**
      * Execute task
      *
@@ -299,7 +226,6 @@ public class ChangeLogTask extends Task {
         try {
 
             validate();
-            determineDates();
 
             final Properties userList = new Properties();
 
@@ -361,8 +287,7 @@ public class ChangeLogTask extends Task {
                 final int resultCode = exe.execute();
 
                 if (0 != resultCode) {
-                    throw new BuildException("Error running cvs log - " 
-                        + "command returned '"+resultCode+"'");                
+                    throw new BuildException("Error running cvs log");
                 }
             } catch (final IOException ioe) {
                 throw new BuildException(ioe.toString());
@@ -413,16 +338,6 @@ public class ChangeLogTask extends Task {
 
             throw new BuildException(message);
         }
-        
-        if (m_start != null && m_startDate != null) {
-            throw new BuildException("You cannot specify the start date using "  
-                + "both \"startdate\" and \"start\" (or \"daysinpast\")");
-        }
-        
-        if (m_stop != null && m_stopDate != null) {
-            throw new BuildException("You cannot specify the stop date using "  
-                + "both \"stopdate\" and \"stop\"");
-        }
     }
 
     /**