diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/bzip2.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/bzip2.xml
index 0293e0641..6c4dc9d0b 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/bzip2.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/bzip2.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,14 @@
     <bzip2 src="expected/asf-logo-huge.tar" zipfile="asf-logo-huge.tar.bz2" />
   </target>
 
+  <target name="testDateCheck">
+    <touch file="asf-logo.gif.bz2"/>
+    <bzip2 src="../asf-logo.gif" zipfile="asf-logo.gif.bz2" />
+  </target>
+
   <target name="cleanup">
     <delete file="asf-logo-huge.tar.bz2" />
+    <delete file="asf-logo.gif.bz2" />
   </target>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Pack.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Pack.java
index 5fb9972bc..289a21ef0 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Pack.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Pack.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2001 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2002 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
  * reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/BZip2Test.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/BZip2Test.java
index 4197985c0..9815567a7 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/BZip2Test.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/BZip2Test.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2001 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2002 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
  * reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -83,4 +83,13 @@ public class BZip2Test extends BuildFileTest {
         assertTrue(fileUtils.contentEquals(project.resolveFile("expected/asf-logo-huge.tar.bz2"),
                                            project.resolveFile("asf-logo-huge.tar.bz2")));
     }
+
+    public void testDateCheck(){
+        executeTarget("testDateCheck");
+        String log = getLog();
+        assertTrue(
+            "Expecting message ending with 'asf-logo.gif.bz2 is up to date.' but got '" + log + "'",
+            log.endsWith("asf-logo.gif.bz2 is up to date."));
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GzipTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GzipTest.java
index 58fa948b8..23b71be4e 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GzipTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GzipTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2000-2001 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2002 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
  * reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without