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git-format-patch Date header

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THTimo Hirvonen <tihirvon@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 8, 2006, 14:40 UTC
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git-format-patch uses "date '+%s %z'" format for the Date header. Sylpheed does not understand this format. How common this convention is? Should we change git-format-patch to use more standard date format?

OTOH, I like the %s format because it is so simple and easy to parse :)
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