git: timezone and timestamp format
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From git I can get the timestamp:
"2011-10-04 12:58:36 -0600"
but is there any way to show it as:
"2011-10-04 06:58:36"
So all I want is to get rid of the -0600 timezone offset. How can I do this? Thanks.
Git Solutions
Solution 1 - Git
If you ask about git log, you can try and select most correct form from:
git log --date={relative,local,default,iso,rfc}
--date=local seems to be the best candidate.
To make this permanent, use git config --global log.date local.
Solution 2 - Git
TZ=UTC git log --date=local
in order to get non-local-timezone one-timezone output.
Solution 3 - Git
git log --date=local
Does the trick.
git config --global log.date local
Solution 4 - Git
Unfortunately, using git log --date=local as explained in previous answers changes the output format.
To keep the format as asked (YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm) I had to use:
git log --date=iso-local
But that only works on git 2.7 or above.
Solution 5 - Git
To get the format (YYYY-MM-DD HH:hh), you can use:
git log --date=format:%Y-%m-%d\ %H:%M
Works beautifully with Git Standup too: https://github.com/kamranahmedse/git-standup
Solution 6 - Git
A full command line answer:
TZ=GMT git show -s --format=%cd --date=iso-local
Solution 7 - Git
jveerman's post was really helpful: > If you want to display the git date in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format:
DATE=$(git log -n 1 --pretty=format:"%ad" --date=iso)
echo "Date: ${DATE::20}"
For log format I was able to add this
[log]
date=format:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
to my ~/.gitconfig
but getting the same nicely formatted date/time added automatically to my commit messages was an ordeal. I found nothing helpful until I added this to the .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg file:
DATE=$(git log -n 1 --pretty=format:"%ad" --date=iso)
echo "${DATE::20}" >> $1
If you're mainly using the Desktop app, it's lovely to have the exact time of change shown with the commit listing!
Is there any way to make this global, so I don't have to edit each local repo's prepare-commit-msg file ?
Solution 8 - Git
If you want to display the git date in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format:
DATE=$(git log -n 1 --pretty=format:"%ad" --date=iso)
echo "Date: ${DATE::20}"