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Re: [ISSUE] Stop accessing, storing, and sharing the user's time zone

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 5, 2019, 17:31 UTC
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Nathaniel Manista <nathaniel@google.com> writes:
> Authoring and sharing a commit by default exposes the user's time zone.
s/exposes/stores/ and that is a feature.  You are free to run 
    $ TZ=GMT git commit

if you wanted to opt out of the feature, but this has been the default since day one and people expect Git to behave this way.

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  1. Nathaniel ManistaDec 5, 2019
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2019
  3. Randall S. BeckerDec 5, 2019
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2019
  5. Randall S. BeckerDec 5, 2019
  6. Santiago Torres AriasDec 5, 2019
  7. 0/1 adding user.hideTimezone for setting UTC timezoneShengfa Lin, Sep 30, 2020
  8. 1/1 hideTimezone: add a user.hideTimezone configShengfa Lin, Sep 30, 2020
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2020
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 1, 2020
  11. Shengfa LinOct 2, 2020
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 1, 2020
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 1, 2020
  14. Shengfa LinOct 2, 2020
  15. Shengfa LinOct 2, 2020
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  17. Shengfa LinOct 2, 2020
  18. Jonathan NiederOct 2, 2020
  19. Shengfa LinOct 2, 2020
  20. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2020
  21. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2020
  22. Shengfa LinOct 2, 2020
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 1, 2020
  24. Jonathan NiederOct 1, 2020
  25. Shengfa LinOct 2, 2020
  26. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2020
  27. Junio C HamanoOct 1, 2020
  28. Jonathan NiederOct 1, 2020
  29. Junio C HamanoOct 1, 2020
  30. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2020
  31. Shengfa LinOct 2, 2020
  32. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2020
  33. Shengfa LinOct 3, 2020
  34. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2020
  35. brian m. carlsonOct 3, 2020
  36. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2020
  37. Shengfa LinOct 2, 2020
  38. Shengfa LinOct 2, 2020
  39. 0/2 experiment with commit option record-time-zoneShengfa Lin, Oct 13, 2020
  40. 2/2 Demonstrate failing and passing testsShengfa Lin, Oct 13, 2020
  41. 1/2 Adding a record-time-zone command option for commitShengfa Lin, Oct 13, 2020
  42. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2020
  43. Shengfa LinOct 21, 2020
  44. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2020
  45. Junio C HamanoOct 22, 2020
  46. Shengfa LinOct 26, 2020
  47. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2020

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