My team also dates its todo items by the date of creation. I have played with the idea of failing building or linting after a specific date, but I have said no

My team also dates its todo items by the date of creation. I have played with the idea of failing building or linting after a specific date, but I have said no. I want to be able to check out a specific commit and have the same experience as when the commit was created. Having the linter fail based on the current computer clock setting would make that impossible.