How to Suppress the Date Generated by Maketitle

Question

Consider the code:

\documentclass[titlepage,10pt]{book}
\usepackage[showframe,margin=.3in,paperwidth=4in,paperheight=6in]{geometry}
\textheight=5.25in
\usepackage[frame,noinfo,center]{crop}
\usepackage{microtype,scalefnt}
\title{TITLE\[-4pt] {\scalefont{0.45}{{\textit{OF THE}}}}\[3pt] BOOK}
%\author{The Author}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\maketitle
\end{document}

which produces the page

QUESTION: How may I prevent \maketitle from displaying the date?

Thank you.

Did you try \date{} ? This technically won't suppress it, just replace it with an empty one. — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Oct 26 '22 at 20:21
@samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Ah! I did not see that before posting the question. I had guessed the question was asked before but I didn't see it. — DDS, Oct 26 '22 at 20:31
No worries, your question will be a helpful signpost for future users with the same problem, so they can find the linked post more easily. — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Oct 26 '22 at 20:37

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 26 '22 at 20:22

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You can replace the default date with an empty one:

\documentclass[titlepage,10pt]{book}
\usepackage[showframe,margin=.3in,paperwidth=4in,paperheight=6in]{geometry}
\textheight=5.25in
\usepackage[frame,noinfo,center]{crop}
\usepackage{microtype,scalefnt}
\title{TITLE\[-4pt] {\scalefont{0.45}{{\textit{OF THE}}}}\[3pt] BOOK}
%\author{The Author}
\date{}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\maketitle
\end{document}

answered Oct 26 '22 at 20:22

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz

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Thanks again. The system is making me wait to accept the answer. – DDS Oct 26 '22 at 20:24
@mlchristians Better plan: I think I found a suitable duplicate. Have a look if we can link your question to this dupe: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/2760/omitting-the-date-when-using-maketitle – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Oct 26 '22 at 20:25
That's fine with me. – DDS Oct 26 '22 at 20:32

How to Suppress the Date Generated by Maketitle

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