From: Chinmoy Chakraborty <chinmoy12c@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 06:02:38 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: updated documentation for git commit --date
Message-ID: <98c196c4-31ff-4df1-9215-77d115771583@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <6a9d24a9-6942-97fc-550f-6b9b61264a78@gmail.com>


On 3/29/21 10:55 AM, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> Is date format parsing specific to git commit? If so, then
> why not date-formats.txt be merged to `DATE FORMATS` section
> of git-commit documentation?
It is already included below the `COMMIT INFORMATION` section.

> Also, what commit this `--date`
> option first appeared before you write this documentation?

I guess it was introduced in commit 
a8aca418d6484400d6804e22717bd49ca06c28e9.

>
>> +`tea`::
>> +    Change commit time to 17:00(tea time). If the current
>> +    time is less than 17:00, the time will be set to 17:00
>> +    on the previous day, else it will be set to 17:00 on
>> +    the same day.
> How useful is this argument?
>
I think initially it was suggested as a joke, but actually implemented

to demonstrate the ability for users to include their own custom

time/date periods.

See : 
https://github.com/git/git/commit/a8aca418d6484400d6804e22717bd49ca06c28e9