diff --git a/git-svnimport.perl b/git-svnimport.perl
index 988514e293fcde4c536cc18d5cd8c9fb77b890d3..aca0e4f64ebb467cf5ba69dfbfaa55a4da6e6d3d 100755
--- a/git-svnimport.perl
+++ b/git-svnimport.perl
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ sub commit {
 		print $out ("object $cid\n".
 		    "type commit\n".
 		    "tag $dest\n".
-		    "tagger $committer_name <$committer_email>\n") and
+		    "tagger $committer_name <$committer_email> 0 +0000\n") and
 		close($out)
 		    or die "Cannot create tag object $dest: $!\n";