help/dates.txt
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Some commands allow the user to specify a date, e.g.:
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- backout, commit, import, tag: Specify the commit date.
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- log, revert, update: Select revision(s) by date.
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Many date formats are valid. Here are some examples::
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  "Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006" (local timezone assumed)
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  "Dec 6 13:18 -0600" (year assumed, time offset provided)
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  "Dec 6 13:18 UTC" (UTC and GMT are aliases for +0000)
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  "Dec 6" (midnight)
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  "13:18" (today assumed)
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  "3:39" (3:39AM assumed)
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  "3:39pm" (15:39)
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  "2006-12-06 13:18:29" (ISO 8601 format)
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  "2006-12-6 13:18"
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  "2006-12-6"
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  "12-6"
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  "12/6"
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  "12/6/6" (Dec 6 2006)
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Lastly, there is Mercurial's internal format::
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  "1165432709 0" (Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006 UTC)
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This is the internal representation format for dates. unixtime is the
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number of seconds since the epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC). offset is
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the offset of the local timezone, in seconds west of UTC (negative if
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the timezone is east of UTC).
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The log command also accepts date ranges::
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  "<{datetime}" - at or before a given date/time
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  ">{datetime}" - on or after a given date/time
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  "{datetime} to {datetime}" - a date range, inclusive
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  "-{days}" - within a given number of days of today