Re: [Bug] git-log prints wrong unixtime with --date=format:%s

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Date: May 17, 2016, 17:25 UTC
Message-ID: <8760ucoaus.fsf@web.de>
In-Reply-To: <87vb2d37ea.fsf@web.de>

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:

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> the command
>
>    git log --pretty=format:%ad --date=format:%s
>
> displays wrong unixtime values; apparently how much the printed value
> differs from the expected value depends on the system's time zone and
> whether daylight savings time is enabled or not.

Two more comments:

  - --date=raw seems to work correctly (though the doc tells it would
    also use "%s").

  - When specifying versions like @{N hours}, the result seems to differ
    (by one hour?) from what I expect, too.

Thanks,

Michael.