diff --git a/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/DistCheckIndexPageMojo.java b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/DistCheckIndexPageMojo.java
index 135d319..997aafd 100644
--- a/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/DistCheckIndexPageMojo.java
+++ b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/DistCheckIndexPageMojo.java
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
         if ( displayDate )
         {
             sink.rawText( cipr.indexDate );
-            if ( cipr.getConfigurationLine().getReleaseDateFromMetadata().equals( cipr.indexDate ) )
+            if ( isDateSimilar( cipr.getConfigurationLine().getReleaseDateFromMetadata(), cipr.indexDate ) )
             {
                 iconSuccess( sink );
             }
@@ -192,6 +192,11 @@
         sink.tableRow_();
     }
 
+    private boolean isDateSimilar( String date1, String date2 )
+    {
+        return date1.equals( date2 );
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void executeReport( Locale locale )
             throws MavenReportException