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diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 14c4cce60f..359587c505 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -702,12 +702,16 @@ include::pretty-options.txt[] --date=<format>:: Only takes effect for dates shown in human-readable format, such as when using `--pretty`. `log.date` config variable sets a default - value for the log command's `--date` option. + value for the log command's `--date` option. By default, dates + are shown in the original time zone (either committer's or + author's). If `-local` is appended to the format (e.g., + `iso-local`), the user's local time zone is used instead. + `--date=relative` shows dates relative to the current time, -e.g. ``2 hours ago''. +e.g. ``2 hours ago''. The `-local` option cannot be used with +`--raw` or `--relative`. + -`--date=local` shows timestamps in user's local time zone. +`--date=local` is an alias for `--date=default-local`. + `--date=iso` (or `--date=iso8601`) shows timestamps in a ISO 8601-like format. The differences to the strict ISO 8601 format are: @@ -730,10 +734,15 @@ format, often found in email messages. `--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. +format placeholders. When using `-local`, the correct syntax is +`--date=format-local:...`. + -`--date=default` shows timestamps in the original time zone -(either committer's or author's). +`--date=default` is the default format, and is similar to +`--date=rfc2822`, with a few exceptions: + + - there is no comma after the day-of-week + + - the time zone is omitted when the local time zone is used ifdef::git-rev-list[] --header:: |