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