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authorLibravatar Jeff King <peff@peff.net>2015-06-25 12:55:45 -0400
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-06-29 11:39:10 -0700
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introduce "format" date-mode
This feeds the format directly to strftime. Besides being a little more flexible, the main advantage is that your system strftime may know more about your locale's preferred format (e.g., how to spell the days of the week). Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -727,6 +727,11 @@ format, often found in email messages.
+
`--date=raw` shows the date in the internal raw Git format `%s %z` format.
+
+`--date=format:...` feeds the format `...` to your system `strftime`.
+Use `--date=format:%c` to show the date in your system locale's
+preferred format. See the `strftime` manual for a complete list of
+format placeholders.
++
`--date=default` shows timestamps in the original time zone
(either committer's or author's).