refentry.date.profile string refentry.date.profile Specifies profile for refentry "date" data (($info[//date])[last()]/date)[1]| (($info[//pubdate])[last()]/pubdate)[1] The value of refentry.date.profile is a string representing an XPath expression. It is evaluated at run-time and used only if refentry.date.profile.enabled is non-zero. Otherwise, the refentry metadata-gathering logic "hard coded" into the stylesheets is used. The man(7) man page describes this content as "the date of the last revision". In man pages, it is the content that is usually displayed in the center footer.