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Re: [PATCH] rev-list: clarify git-log default date format

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 2, 2023, 16:17 UTC
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Rafael Dulfer <rafael@dulfer.be> writes:
> like. "`--date=default` is the default format. It is a custom format
> based on rfc2822".

But the thing is it is *not* custom based on rfc2822. The default format came first, 2822 much later. If I have to guess (and I shouldn't because I was around back when we invented that format, but I am lazy and my recollecion hazy), it came straight from the result of ctime() but with timezone info appended at the end.

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  1. rev-list: clarify git-log default date formatRafael Dulfer, Feb 1, 2023
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2023
  3. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2023
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 1, 2023
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2023
  6. Rafael DulferFeb 2, 2023
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2023
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2023
  9. rev-list: clarify git-log default date formatJunio C Hamano, Feb 16, 2023
  10. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2023
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2023
  12. rev-list: clarify git-log default date formatJunio C Hamano, Feb 16, 2023
  13. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2023

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