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diff --git a/websdk/mercurial/help/dates.txt b/websdk/mercurial/help/dates.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5f48979 --- /dev/null +++ b/websdk/mercurial/help/dates.txt @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +Some commands allow the user to specify a date, e.g.: + +- backout, commit, import, tag: Specify the commit date. +- log, revert, update: Select revision(s) by date. + +Many date formats are valid. Here are some examples: + +- ``Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006`` (local timezone assumed) +- ``Dec 6 13:18 -0600`` (year assumed, time offset provided) +- ``Dec 6 13:18 UTC`` (UTC and GMT are aliases for +0000) +- ``Dec 6`` (midnight) +- ``13:18`` (today assumed) +- ``3:39`` (3:39AM assumed) +- ``3:39pm`` (15:39) +- ``2006-12-06 13:18:29`` (ISO 8601 format) +- ``2006-12-6 13:18`` +- ``2006-12-6`` +- ``12-6`` +- ``12/6`` +- ``12/6/6`` (Dec 6 2006) + +Lastly, there is Mercurial's internal format: + +- ``1165432709 0`` (Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006 UTC) + +This is the internal representation format for dates. The first number +is the number of seconds since the epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC). The +second is the offset of the local timezone, in seconds west of UTC +(negative if the timezone is east of UTC). + +The log command also accepts date ranges: + +- ``<DATE`` - at or before a given date/time +- ``>DATE`` - on or after a given date/time +- ``DATE to DATE`` - a date range, inclusive +- ``-DAYS`` - within a given number of days of today |