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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add --date={local,relative,default}
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:54:01 +0200
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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:

> ++
> +`--date=3Drelative` shows dates relative to the current time,
> +e.g. "2 hours ago".
> ++
> +`--date=3Dlocal` shows timestamps in user's local timezone.
> ++
> +`--date=3Ddefault` shows timestamps in the original timezone
> +(either committer's or author's).

Why is "default" called "default" and not, say, "original"?  What if I
changed the default format to "local" using local configuration.  What
would "default" show then?

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David K=C3=A5gedal