--- a/help/dates.txt Thu Feb 11 23:15:42 2010 +0200
+++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-Some commands allow the user to specify a date, e.g.:
-
-- backout, commit, import, tag: Specify the commit date.
-- log, revert, update: Select revision(s) by date.
-
-Many date formats are valid. Here are some examples:
-
-- ``Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006`` (local timezone assumed)
-- ``Dec 6 13:18 -0600`` (year assumed, time offset provided)
-- ``Dec 6 13:18 UTC`` (UTC and GMT are aliases for +0000)
-- ``Dec 6`` (midnight)
-- ``13:18`` (today assumed)
-- ``3:39`` (3:39AM assumed)
-- ``3:39pm`` (15:39)
-- ``2006-12-06 13:18:29`` (ISO 8601 format)
-- ``2006-12-6 13:18``
-- ``2006-12-6``
-- ``12-6``
-- ``12/6``
-- ``12/6/6`` (Dec 6 2006)
-
-Lastly, there is Mercurial's internal format:
-
-- ``1165432709 0`` (Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006 UTC)
-
-This is the internal representation format for dates. unixtime is the
-number of seconds since the epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC). offset is
-the offset of the local timezone, in seconds west of UTC (negative if
-the timezone is east of UTC).
-
-The log command also accepts date ranges:
-
-- ``<{datetime}`` - at or before a given date/time
-- ``>{datetime}`` - on or after a given date/time
-- ``{datetime} to {datetime}`` - a date range, inclusive
-- ``-{days}`` - within a given number of days of today