diff --git a/urllib3-1.24.3/src/urllib3/connection.py b/urllib3-1.24.3/src/urllib3/connection.py
index ba269b7..5384094 100644
--- a/src/urllib3/connection.py
+++ b/src/urllib3/connection.py
@@ -57,10 +57,9 @@ port_by_scheme = {
 
 # When updating RECENT_DATE, move it to within two years of the current date,
 # and not less than 6 months ago.
-# Example: if Today is 2018-01-01, then RECENT_DATE should be any date on or
-# after 2016-01-01 (today - 2 years) AND before 2017-07-01 (today - 6 months)
-RECENT_DATE = datetime.date(2017, 6, 30)
-
+# When it comes time to update this value as a part of regular maintenance
+# (ie test_recent_date is failing) update it to ~6 months before the current date.
+RECENT_DATE = datetime.date(2019, 9, 1)
 
 class DummyConnection(object):
     """Used to detect a failed ConnectionCls import."""
-- 
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