Date format in 'git log' should be in local timezone

[Yuri]

Currently git log mixes timezones in the date records in the same log, 
so the following dates wold appear in one log:

Date:   Thu Jan 16 17:11:28 2014 -0800
Date:   Thu Jan 16 20:10:04 2014 -0500

Timezone here doesn't help the log reader at all. It doesn't even 
reflect the actual location of the submitter. Instead, it should be 
converted to the local TZ of the client. This will make it easier to 
read and understand the time.


Even further, timezone shouldn't even be stored by the git server. It 
should just store the UTC time, following the approach how time is 
managed in most UNIX-like systems.


Yuri
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Re: Date format in 'git log' should be in local timezone

[Jonathan Nieder]

Hi,

Yuri wrote:

 Timezone here doesn't help the log reader at all. It doesn't even
 reflect the actual location of the submitter. Instead, it should be
 converted to the local TZ of the client. This will make it easier to
 read and understand the time.

Does git log --date=local or git log --date=relative do what
you're looking for?

If so, you can set that permanently by setting 'date = local' or
'date = relative' in the [log] section of your ~/.gitconfig.  See
log.date in the git-config(1) manpage for details.

I wonder if 'date = relative' would make a better default.

 Even further, timezone shouldn't even be stored by the git server.

I've found it very useful and would consider that a regression, at
least.

Thanks and hope that helps,
Jonathan
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