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| -rw-r--r-- | git-log.html | 19 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/git-log.html b/git-log.html index 58c9fefb4..05f764d72 100644 --- a/git-log.html +++ b/git-log.html @@ -2377,21 +2377,12 @@ Use <code>--date=format:%c</code> to show the date in your system locale’s preferred format. See the <code>strftime</code> manual for a complete list of
format placeholders. When using <code>-local</code>, the correct syntax is
<code>--date=format-local:...</code>.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p><code>--date=default</code> is the default format, and is similar to
-<code>--date=rfc2822</code>, with a few exceptions:</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p><code>--date=default</code> is the default format, and is based on ctime(3)
+output. It shows a single line with three-letter day of the week,
+three-letter month, day-of-month, hour-minute-seconds in "HH:MM:SS"
+format, followed by 4-digit year, plus timezone information, unless
+the local time zone is used, e.g. <code>Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 +0000</code>.</p></div>
</div></div>
-<div class="ulist"><ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-there is no comma after the day-of-week
-</p>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p>
-the time zone is omitted when the local time zone is used
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul></div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--parents
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