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1 Some commands allow the user to specify a date, e.g.:
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3 - backout, commit, import, tag: Specify the commit date.
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4 - log, revert, update: Select revision(s) by date.
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6 Many date formats are valid. Here are some examples:
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8 - ``Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006`` (local timezone assumed)
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9 - ``Dec 6 13:18 -0600`` (year assumed, time offset provided)
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10 - ``Dec 6 13:18 UTC`` (UTC and GMT are aliases for +0000)
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11 - ``Dec 6`` (midnight)
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12 - ``13:18`` (today assumed)
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13 - ``3:39`` (3:39AM assumed)
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14 - ``3:39pm`` (15:39)
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15 - ``2006-12-06 13:18:29`` (ISO 8601 format)
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16 - ``2006-12-6 13:18``
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17 - ``2006-12-6``
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18 - ``12-6``
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19 - ``12/6``
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20 - ``12/6/6`` (Dec 6 2006)
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22 Lastly, there is Mercurial's internal format:
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24 - ``1165432709 0`` (Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006 UTC)
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26 This is the internal representation format for dates. The first number
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27 is the number of seconds since the epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC). The
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28 second is the offset of the local timezone, in seconds west of UTC
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29 (negative if the timezone is east of UTC).
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31 The log command also accepts date ranges:
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33 - ``<DATE`` - at or before a given date/time
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34 - ``>DATE`` - on or after a given date/time
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35 - ``DATE to DATE`` - a date range, inclusive
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36 - ``-DAYS`` - within a given number of days of today