diff --git a/t/lib/WebGUI/Test.pm b/t/lib/WebGUI/Test.pm
index 6f18bacd6..61c5ba800 100644
--- a/t/lib/WebGUI/Test.pm
+++ b/t/lib/WebGUI/Test.pm
@@ -331,6 +331,20 @@ sub session {
     return $SESSION;
 }
 
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 webguiBirthday ( )
+
+This constant is used in several tests, so it's reproduced here so it can
+be found easy.  This is the epoch date when WebGUI was released.
+
+=cut
+
+sub webguiBirthday {
+    return 997966800 ;
+}
+
+
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------