This runs with TZ="GMT" $ hg init $ echo "test-parse-date" > a $ hg add a $ hg ci -d "2006-02-01 13:00:30" -m "rev 0" $ echo "hi!" >> a $ hg ci -d "2006-02-01 13:00:30 -0500" -m "rev 1" $ hg tag -d "2006-04-15 13:30" "Hi" $ hg backout --merge -d "2006-04-15 13:30 +0200" -m "rev 3" 1 reverting a created new head changeset 3:107ce1ee2b43 backs out changeset 1:25a1420a55f8 merging with changeset 3:107ce1ee2b43 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ hg ci -d "1150000000 14400" -m "rev 4 (merge)" $ echo "fail" >> a $ hg ci -d "should fail" -m "fail" abort: invalid date: 'should fail' [255] $ hg ci -d "100000000000000000 1400" -m "fail" abort: date exceeds 32 bits: 100000000000000000 [255] $ hg ci -d "100000 1400000" -m "fail" abort: impossible time zone offset: 1400000 [255] Check with local timezone other than GMT and with DST $ TZ="PST+8PDT" $ export TZ PST=UTC-8 / PDT=UTC-7 $ hg debugrebuildstate $ echo "a" > a $ hg ci -d "2006-07-15 13:30" -m "summer@UTC-7" $ hg debugrebuildstate $ echo "b" > a $ hg ci -d "2006-07-15 13:30 +0500" -m "summer@UTC+5" $ hg debugrebuildstate $ echo "c" > a $ hg ci -d "2006-01-15 13:30" -m "winter@UTC-8" $ hg debugrebuildstate $ echo "d" > a $ hg ci -d "2006-01-15 13:30 +0500" -m "winter@UTC+5" $ hg log --template '{date|date}\n' Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700 Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000 Test issue1014 (fractional timezones) $ hg debugdate "1000000000 -16200" # 0430 internal: 1000000000 -16200 standard: Sun Sep 09 06:16:40 2001 +0430 $ hg debugdate "1000000000 -15300" # 0415 internal: 1000000000 -15300 standard: Sun Sep 09 06:01:40 2001 +0415 $ hg debugdate "1000000000 -14400" # 0400 internal: 1000000000 -14400 standard: Sun Sep 09 05:46:40 2001 +0400 $ hg debugdate "1000000000 0" # GMT internal: 1000000000 0 standard: Sun Sep 09 01:46:40 2001 +0000 $ hg debugdate "1000000000 14400" # -0400 internal: 1000000000 14400 standard: Sat Sep 08 21:46:40 2001 -0400 $ hg debugdate "1000000000 15300" # -0415 internal: 1000000000 15300 standard: Sat Sep 08 21:31:40 2001 -0415 $ hg debugdate "1000000000 16200" # -0430 internal: 1000000000 16200 standard: Sat Sep 08 21:16:40 2001 -0430 $ hg debugdate "Sat Sep 08 21:16:40 2001 +0430" internal: 999967600 -16200 standard: Sat Sep 08 21:16:40 2001 +0430 $ hg debugdate "Sat Sep 08 21:16:40 2001 -0430" internal: 1000000000 16200 standard: Sat Sep 08 21:16:40 2001 -0430 Test 12-hours times $ hg debugdate "2006-02-01 1:00:30PM +0000" internal: 1138798830 0 standard: Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000 $ hg debugdate "1:00:30PM" > /dev/null Normal range $ hg log -d -1 Negative range $ hg log -d "--2" abort: -2 must be nonnegative (see 'hg help dates') [255] Whitespace only $ hg log -d " " abort: dates cannot consist entirely of whitespace [255] Test date formats with '>' or '<' accompanied by space characters $ hg log -d '>' --template '{date|date}\n' abort: invalid day spec, use '>DATE' [255] $ hg log -d '<' --template '{date|date}\n' abort: invalid day spec, use '' --template '{date|date}\n' abort: invalid day spec, use '>DATE' [255] $ hg log -d ' <' --template '{date|date}\n' abort: invalid day spec, use ' ' --template '{date|date}\n' abort: invalid day spec, use '>DATE' [255] $ hg log -d '< ' --template '{date|date}\n' abort: invalid day spec, use ' ' --template '{date|date}\n' abort: invalid day spec, use '>DATE' [255] $ hg log -d ' < ' --template '{date|date}\n' abort: invalid day spec, use '02/01' --template '{date|date}\n' $ hg log -d '<02/01' --template '{date|date}\n' Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700 Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000 $ hg log -d ' >02/01' --template '{date|date}\n' $ hg log -d ' <02/01' --template '{date|date}\n' Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700 Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000 $ hg log -d '> 02/01' --template '{date|date}\n' $ hg log -d '< 02/01' --template '{date|date}\n' Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700 Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000 $ hg log -d ' > 02/01' --template '{date|date}\n' $ hg log -d ' < 02/01' --template '{date|date}\n' Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700 Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000 $ hg log -d '>02/01 ' --template '{date|date}\n' $ hg log -d '<02/01 ' --template '{date|date}\n' Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700 Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000 $ hg log -d ' >02/01 ' --template '{date|date}\n' $ hg log -d ' <02/01 ' --template '{date|date}\n' Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700 Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000 $ hg log -d '> 02/01 ' --template '{date|date}\n' $ hg log -d '< 02/01 ' --template '{date|date}\n' Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700 Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000 $ hg log -d ' > 02/01 ' --template '{date|date}\n' $ hg log -d ' < 02/01 ' --template '{date|date}\n' Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500 Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700 Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200 Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500 Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000 Test issue 3764 (interpreting 'today' and 'yesterday') $ echo "hello" >> a >>> import datetime >>> today = datetime.date.today().strftime("%b %d") >>> yesterday = (datetime.date.today() - datetime.timedelta(days=1)).strftime("%b %d") >>> dates = open('dates', 'w') >>> dates.write(today + '\n') >>> dates.write(yesterday + '\n') >>> dates.close() $ hg ci -d "`sed -n '1p' dates`" -m "today is a good day to code" $ hg log -d today --template '{desc}\n' today is a good day to code $ echo "goodbye" >> a $ hg ci -d "`sed -n '2p' dates`" -m "the time traveler's code" $ hg log -d yesterday --template '{desc}\n' the time traveler's code $ echo "foo" >> a $ hg commit -d now -m 'Explicitly committed now.' $ hg log -d today --template '{desc}\n' Explicitly committed now. today is a good day to code