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From: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Subject: Time zone option name (Re: [RFC 5/5] Date Mode: Tests)
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 03:45:51 +0000
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:44:41 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> I'd like to have part of the tests in this patch at the beginning of the
> series to document and protect the behaviour of the current --date related
> options, then your enhancement that adds --zone that lets the users
> specify the timezone and the format independently, and finally the
> remainder of this patch as an addition to the test script to document and
> protect the interaction between the two options (e.g. what happens when
> none or only one is specified? what happens when conflicting options such
> as "--date=local --zone=gmt" is given?).

I'd like to clarify what you intend the new time zone option to be named; my
patch series currently uses `--time-zone' (which is admittedly long), but it
would appear here that you find `--zone' attractive. My only qualm there is
that `zone' is such a rich word; not only is it somewhat incomprehensible out
of context, but it also might be useful for something else in the future.