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From: Sergio <sergio.callegari@gmail.com>
Subject: Git silently ignores --date when data is not in the correct format
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Hi,

on 1.7.3.3, I have noticed that git --commit silently ignores the 
--date=<date> switch if <date> is not in the current format.

for instance

git --commit --amend --date="10.11.2010" creates a commit with the current
date and time, because the --date argument misses the time.

possibly, it would be better to stop with an error message.