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Change The Date Format In GIT Log Command

In this article, we will see how we can change the date format in git log command.

Syntax

git log --date = <format>

Here are the different formats

Format	Meaning
Relative	Shows dates relative to current time like 1 hour ago, 1 day ago etc.
Local	Shows date and time in local timezone
Iso	Shows date and time in ISO 8601 format (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.ffffff)
Rfc	Shows date and time in RFC 2822 format (e.g. Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:12:35 UTC)
short	Displays date in YYYY-MM-DD format
Raw	Displays date in internal raw git format (e.g. 1567169129 +0530)
default	Displays in original timezone.

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