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match: don't util.normpath() cwd The problem here is that `util.normpath()` calls `util.pconvert()`, which switches to Unix style separators. That results in two test failures like this since 5685ce2ea3bf: --- c:/Users/Matt/hg/tests/test-globalopts.t +++ c:/Users/Matt/hg/tests/test-globalopts.t.err @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ [255] $ hg -R b ann a/a abort: a/a not under root '$TESTTMP/b' - (consider using '--cwd b') + (consider using '--cwd ..\$TESTTMP\b') [255] $ hg log abort: no repository found in '$TESTTMP' (.hg not found)! ERROR: test-globalopts.t output changed Martin originally had `os.path.normpath()` (which *would* work here too), but changed it during review. He didn't remember why he thought any form is needed here. Most uses simply pass '' or `repo.getcwd()`, so these should generally be in local format anyway. It seems better if `cwd` and `root` use consistent styles here. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D7725
author Matt Harbison <matt_harbison@yahoo.com>
date Thu, 26 Dec 2019 18:26:06 -0500
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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)
- ``today`` (midnight)
- ``yesterday`` (midnight)
- ``now`` - right now

Lastly, there is Mercurial's internal format:

- ``1165411109 0`` (Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006 UTC)

This is the internal representation format for dates. The first number
is the number of seconds since the epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC). The
second 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:

- ``<DATE`` - at or before a given date/time
- ``>DATE`` - on or after a given date/time
- ``DATE to DATE`` - a date range, inclusive
- ``-DAYS`` - within a given number of days of today