diff --git a/docs/scripts/insert_timestamp.c b/docs/scripts/insert_timestamp.c
index aaeb414bc7..f9322a29aa 100644
--- a/docs/scripts/insert_timestamp.c
+++ b/docs/scripts/insert_timestamp.c
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include "dawk.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -15,7 +18,35 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
    char buf[64];
    char const *version = "unknown";
 
-   time(&now);
+   char *source_date_epoch;
+   unsigned long long epoch;
+   char *endptr;
+
+   source_date_epoch = getenv("SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH");
+   if (source_date_epoch) {
+      errno = 0;
+      epoch = strtoull(source_date_epoch, &endptr, 10);
+      if ((errno == ERANGE && (epoch == ULLONG_MAX || epoch == 0))
+            || (errno != 0 && epoch == 0)) {
+         fprintf(stderr, "Environment variable $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH: strtoull: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+      }
+      if (endptr == source_date_epoch) {
+         fprintf(stderr, "Environment variable $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH: No digits were found: %s\n", endptr);
+         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+      }
+      if (*endptr != '\0') {
+         fprintf(stderr, "Environment variable $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH: Trailing garbage: %s\n", endptr);
+         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+      }
+      if (epoch > ULONG_MAX) {
+         fprintf(stderr, "Environment variable $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH: value must be smaller than or equal to %lu but was found to be: %llu \n", ULONG_MAX, epoch);
+         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+      }
+      now = epoch;
+   } else {
+      now = time(NULL);
+   }
    strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC", gmtime(&now));
    
    if (argc > 1) {
diff --git a/docs/scripts/scan_examples.c b/docs/scripts/scan_examples.c
index 2f2d96e342..069078d77d 100644
--- a/docs/scripts/scan_examples.c
+++ b/docs/scripts/scan_examples.c
@@ -54,10 +54,18 @@ typedef struct {
    int index;
    /* How many APIs are used in each example */
    int count;
+   /* Store a pointer to the file string for comparison purposes */
+   char *filename;
 } lookup_t;
 static lookup_t *lookup;
 static int compare(const void *pa, const void *pb) {
-   return ((const lookup_t *) pa)->count - ((const lookup_t *) pb)->count;
+   int val = ((const lookup_t *) pa)->count - ((const lookup_t *) pb)->count;
+
+   // if different count values, sort according to this.
+   if (val != 0) return val;
+
+   // But if the count value is the same, sort according to filename
+   return strcmp( (char*)((const lookup_t *) pa)->filename, (char*)((const lookup_t *) pb)->filename);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
@@ -81,9 +89,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
    lookup = calloc(argc, sizeof(lookup_t));
    for (j = 0; j < argc; ++j) {
       lookup[j].index = j;
+      lookup[j].filename = argv[j];
    }
 
-   
    for (j = 1; j < argc; ++j) {
       d_open_input(argv[j]);
       while (d_getline(line)) {