diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConfiguration.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConfiguration.java
index 87f62c2b96d..352af25c750 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConfiguration.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConfiguration.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class HttpConfiguration
     private String _secureScheme = HttpScheme.HTTPS.asString();
     private boolean _sendServerVersion = true; //send Server: header
     private boolean _sendXPoweredBy = false; //send X-Powered-By: header
-    private boolean _sendDateHeader = false; //send Date: header
+    private boolean _sendDateHeader = true; //send Date: header
 
     public interface Customizer
     {
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/AsyncRequestReadTest.java b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/AsyncRequestReadTest.java
index c8a43211f1b..2c9fd571a4e 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/AsyncRequestReadTest.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/AsyncRequestReadTest.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public class AsyncRequestReadTest
         server = new Server();
         connector = new ServerConnector(server);
         connector.setIdleTimeout(10000);
+        connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConnectionFactory.class).getHttpConfiguration().setSendDateHeader(false);
         server.addConnector(connector);
     }
 
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpServerTestFixture.java b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpServerTestFixture.java
index 1636cd4ab8d..abce05f7b45 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpServerTestFixture.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpServerTestFixture.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public class HttpServerTestFixture
     protected void startServer(ServerConnector connector) throws Exception
     {
         _connector = connector;
+        _connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConnectionFactory.class).getHttpConfiguration().setSendDateHeader(false);
         _server.addConnector(_connector);
         _server.setHandler(new HandlerWrapper());
         _server.start();
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ssl/SSLEngineTest.java b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ssl/SSLEngineTest.java
index 29db142e7dd..564e9c14807 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ssl/SSLEngineTest.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ssl/SSLEngineTest.java
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ public class SSLEngineTest
         http.getHttpConfiguration().setRequestHeaderSize(512);
         connector=new ServerConnector(server, sslContextFactory, http);
         connector.setPort(0);
+        connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConnectionFactory.class).getHttpConfiguration().setSendDateHeader(false);
 
         server.addConnector(connector);
     }
diff --git a/jetty-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/AsyncContextTest.java b/jetty-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/AsyncContextTest.java
index bbcb708de63..abfe5558ea5 100644
--- a/jetty-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/AsyncContextTest.java
+++ b/jetty-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/AsyncContextTest.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Connector;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Handler;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnectionFactory;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.LocalConnector;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.QuietServletException;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request;
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ public class AsyncContextTest
         _contextHandler = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.NO_SESSIONS);
         _connector = new LocalConnector(_server);
         _connector.setIdleTimeout(5000);
+        _connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConnectionFactory.class).getHttpConfiguration().setSendDateHeader(false);
         _server.setConnectors(new Connector[]
         { _connector });
 
diff --git a/jetty-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/DispatcherTest.java b/jetty-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/DispatcherTest.java
index 6bc920f362d..8ed551d5d47 100644
--- a/jetty-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/DispatcherTest.java
+++ b/jetty-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/DispatcherTest.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public class DispatcherTest
         _server = new Server();
         _connector = new LocalConnector(_server);
         _connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConfiguration.ConnectionFactory.class).getHttpConfiguration().setSendServerVersion(false);
+        _connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConfiguration.ConnectionFactory.class).getHttpConfiguration().setSendDateHeader(false);
 
         _contextCollection = new ContextHandlerCollection();
         _contextHandler = new ServletContextHandler();
diff --git a/jetty-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/InvokerTest.java b/jetty-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/InvokerTest.java
index 13dfacebecb..d94f6cd7ca5 100644
--- a/jetty-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/InvokerTest.java
+++ b/jetty-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/InvokerTest.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public class InvokerTest
         _server = new Server();
         _connector = new LocalConnector(_server);
         _connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConfiguration.ConnectionFactory.class).getHttpConfiguration().setSendServerVersion(false);
+        _connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConfiguration.ConnectionFactory.class).getHttpConfiguration().setSendDateHeader(false);
         ServletContextHandler context = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.SESSIONS);
 
         _server.addConnector(_connector);