# HG changeset patch
# User Bryan O'Sullivan <bryano@fb.com>
# Date 1370305245 25200
# Node ID 8b04e1344111ba696ff7cfaa59a48966b43332ee
# Parent  78501209488a337ecbb17a04fa2f6fe2da1ac31d
util: add an optional timestamp parameter to makedate

This will be used by the upcoming shelve extension.

diff -r 78501209488a -r 8b04e1344111 mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py	Mon Jun 03 17:20:44 2013 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/util.py	Mon Jun 03 17:20:45 2013 -0700
@@ -997,10 +997,11 @@
             limit -= len(s)
         yield s
 
-def makedate():
-    '''Return the current time as a (unixtime, offset) tuple based off
-    the local timezone.'''
-    timestamp = time.time()
+def makedate(timestamp=None):
+    '''Return a unix timestamp (or the current time) as a (unixtime,
+    offset) tuple based off the local timezone.'''
+    if timestamp is None:
+        timestamp = time.time()
     if timestamp < 0:
         hint = _("check your clock")
         raise Abort(_("negative timestamp: %d") % timestamp, hint=hint)