diff --git a/mercurial/shelve.py b/mercurial/shelve.py
--- a/mercurial/shelve.py
+++ b/mercurial/shelve.py
@@ -835,8 +835,7 @@
                                **pycompat.strkwargs(opts))
     snode = repo.commit(text=shelvectx.description(),
                         extra=shelvectx.extra(),
-                        user=shelvectx.user(),
-                        date=shelvectx.date())
+                        user=shelvectx.user())
     m = scmutil.matchfiles(repo, repo[snode].files())
     if snode:
         _shelvecreatedcommit(repo, snode, basename, m)