Below is an SSCCE:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{datetime}
%\usepackage{titling} %if this line is uncommented compilation fails
\begin{document}
\newdate{date2}{08}{02}{2015}
\date{\displaydate{date2}}
foo
\end{document}
... the above code compiles, but if the line that calls in the titling
package is uncommented compilation fails with:
pdflatex esa-sre-gedais-sdp.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
entering extended mode
(./esa-sre-gedais-sdp.tex
LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh
yphenation, loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/report.cls
Document Class: report 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/datetime/datetime.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fmtcount/fmtcount.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/ifthen.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fmtcount/fc-english.def)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fmtcount/fc-USenglish.def)
No configuration file fmtcount.cfg found.
)) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/titling/titling.sty)
(./esa-sre-gedais-sdp.aux))
! Incomplete \iffalse; all text was ignored after line 8.
<inserted text>
\fi
<*> esa-sre-gedais-sdp.tex
? X
No pages of output.
Transcript written on esa-sre-gedais-sdp.log.
make: *** [all] Error 1