Force commit date

[Zabre <427@free.fr>]

Hi all,

Some time ago, I used to make 7zip backups of my project directory to keep
an history of my changes. (I've kept all of them in separated 7z files) I
was then living in darkness. (Even though I tried svn but was somehow not
happy with it) Now I've found the light, and git is the best tool around
(along with Hg I guess).

I am learning git at the moment and I would like to restore all my 7zipped
backups one after the other, use meld to apply each change in the code +
directory structure and then git to commit each of them, chronologically, to
finally obtain a complete git history of my changes (I even have "commit
commentaries" in a special text file, yes I tried to do things properly with
basic tools.)

This should be feasible, but what would be very cool in this very special
case is if I could force the commit date to reflect the real date each
"commit" (read : "zip") was done with my old method in last year, and not
the date of my convertion to git.

If it is not, that's not a big deal, but I'd really like to know how to do
this, and have my different projects on a git history. (I even have one or
two "secondary branches")

There might be an option I am not aware of.
(I have seen on this forum / mailing list some people playing with dates but
it was the case of mailboxes and "git am")
http://n2.nabble.com/how-to-force-a-commit-date-matching-info-from-a-mbox---td2200613.html
Remember I'm a beginner trying to learn git, so please bear with me.

Thank you!
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