1 DATE FORMATS
2 ------------
4 The GIT_AUTHOR_DATE, GIT_COMMITTER_DATE environment variables
5 ifdef::git-commit[]
6 and the `--date` option
7 endif::git-commit[]
8 support the following date formats:
10 Git internal format::
11 It is `<unix timestamp> <timezone offset>`, where `<unix
12 timestamp>` is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch.
13 `<timezone offset>` is a positive or negative offset from UTC.
14 For example CET (which is 2 hours ahead UTC) is `+0200`.
16 RFC 2822::
17 The standard email format as described by RFC 2822, for example
18 `Thu, 07 Apr 2005 22:13:13 +0200`.
20 ISO 8601::
21 Time and date specified by the ISO 8601 standard, for example
22 `2005-04-07T22:13:13`. The parser accepts a space instead of the
23 `T` character as well.
24 +
25 NOTE: In addition, the date part is accepted in the following formats:
26 `YYYY.MM.DD`, `MM/DD/YYYY` and `DD.MM.YYYY`.