# help.py - help data for mercurial
#
# Copyright 2006 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
#
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
# of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
helptable = {
"dates|Date Formats":
r'''
Some commands (backout, commit, tag) allow the user to specify a date.
Possible formats for dates are:
YYYY-mm-dd \HH:MM[:SS] [(+|-)NNNN]::
This is a subset of ISO 8601, allowing just the recommended notations
for date and time. The last part represents the timezone; if omitted,
local time is assumed. Examples:
"2005-08-22 03:27 -0700"
"2006-04-19 21:39:51"
aaa bbb dd HH:MM:SS YYYY [(+|-)NNNN]::
This is the date format used by the C library. Here, aaa stands for
abbreviated weekday name and bbb for abbreviated month name. The last
part represents the timezone; if omitted, local time is assumed.
Examples:
"Mon Aug 22 03:27:00 2005 -0700"
"Wed Apr 19 21:39:51 2006"
unixtime offset::
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).
Examples:
"1124706420 25200" (2005-08-22 03:27:00 -0700)
"1145475591 -7200" (2006-04-19 21:39:51 +0200)
''',
}