Re: Date in git-commit output inconsistent with log.date format

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 16, 2022, 16:14 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqmtfh4fpt.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CA+zp4VNWMxZ2ieS8KP2-uUu90AMmdzyR31VGkf78KdG4jY4eug@mail.gmail.com>

Damien Regad <dregad@mantisbt.org> writes:

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> I was amending a commit message, and noticed the date in the output is
> printed in 'default' format, as shown below:
>
> $ git commit --amend --no-edit
> [x bf63ada92] Test commit
>  Date: Mon May 16 14:25:57 2022 +0200
>  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 test.txt
>
> Since I have set log.date=iso, I was expecting the date to use the
> Is it intentional that the
> default format is applied instead ?

Yes.

That output is from "git commit", and is not from any command in the "git log" family. Besides, it way predates the introduction of log.date configuration variable.

This could be a XY problem. Can you tell us why you care? What motivates you to see that date (and optionally Author when the author is different from the current user) output in a specific format---it is meant for human consumption so "I run 'git commit' in a script and scrape its output" would not be it.

Thanks.