1 Some commands allow the user to specify a date, e.g.:

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     3 - backout, commit, import, tag: Specify the commit date.

     4 - log, revert, update: Select revision(s) by date.

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     6 Many date formats are valid. Here are some examples:

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     8 - ``Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006`` (local timezone assumed)

     9 - ``Dec 6 13:18 -0600`` (year assumed, time offset provided)

    10 - ``Dec 6 13:18 UTC`` (UTC and GMT are aliases for +0000)

    11 - ``Dec 6`` (midnight)

    12 - ``13:18`` (today assumed)

    13 - ``3:39`` (3:39AM assumed)

    14 - ``3:39pm`` (15:39)

    15 - ``2006-12-06 13:18:29`` (ISO 8601 format)

    16 - ``2006-12-6 13:18``

    17 - ``2006-12-6``

    18 - ``12-6``

    19 - ``12/6``

    20 - ``12/6/6`` (Dec 6 2006)

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    22 Lastly, there is Mercurial's internal format:

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    24 - ``1165432709 0`` (Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006 UTC)

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    26 This is the internal representation format for dates. unixtime is the

    27 number of seconds since the epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC). offset is

    28 the offset of the local timezone, in seconds west of UTC (negative if

    29 the timezone is east of UTC).

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    31 The log command also accepts date ranges:

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    33 - ``<{datetime}`` - at or before a given date/time

    34 - ``>{datetime}`` - on or after a given date/time

    35 - ``{datetime} to {datetime}`` - a date range, inclusive

    36 - ``-{days}`` - within a given number of days of today