> base = xxx-$(shell date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')

Perhaps you wanted := instead of =.  The difference is explained in (for
example):

http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Reading-Makefiles.html
#Reading-Makefiles 
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Martin's Outlook, BlueArc Engineering


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