feat: Create/Pass commit date to commit for signing

[IchordeDionysos]

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Fixes #337 🦕

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[IchordeDionysos]

@googleapis/github-automation can someone review my PR, this would unblock issues in release-please to sign commits.

[IchordeDionysos]

There is some open/related discussion in this issue:
#337 (comment)

also /cc @chingor13 @SurferJeffAtGoogle

[IchordeDionysos]

@chingor13 @SurferJeffAtGoogle @bshaffer hey it would be cool to get some feedback whether this is something we can add to the package.

As it is currently the commit signing capability is broken and does not work ...

[IchordeDionysos]

@sofisl @danieljbruce do you see any possibility to get this merged? ☺️
This would unblock using release-please in situations where commit signing is required.