diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 110134f37..bf5b6d4d8 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2005-03-09  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* srcNameEdit.py: assign date on close
+
 2005-03-09 Alex Roitman  <shura@alex.neuro.umn.edu>
 	* src/PedView.py: Import RelLib for accessing relationship constants.
 	* src/NameEdit.py: Use empty Date for newly created name.
diff --git a/gramps2/src/NameEdit.py b/gramps2/src/NameEdit.py
index f19d49a2c..862c1a2f8 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/NameEdit.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/NameEdit.py
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ class NameEditor:
         if self.name == None:
             self.name = RelLib.Name()
             self.parent.nlist.append(self.name)
+
+        self.name.set_date_object(self.date_obj)
         
         self.name.set_source_reference_list(self.srcreflist)