| DATE FORMATS | 
 | ------------ | 
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 | The GIT_AUTHOR_DATE, GIT_COMMITTER_DATE environment variables | 
 | ifdef::git-commit[] | 
 | and the `--date` option | 
 | endif::git-commit[] | 
 | support the following date formats: | 
 |  | 
 | Git internal format:: | 
 | 	It is `<unix timestamp> <timezone offset>`, where `<unix | 
 | 	timestamp>` is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch. | 
 | 	`<timezone offset>` is a positive or negative offset from UTC. | 
 | 	For example CET (which is 2 hours ahead UTC) is `+0200`. | 
 |  | 
 | RFC 2822:: | 
 | 	The standard email format as described by RFC 2822, for example | 
 | 	`Thu, 07 Apr 2005 22:13:13 +0200`. | 
 |  | 
 | ISO 8601:: | 
 | 	Time and date specified by the ISO 8601 standard, for example | 
 | 	`2005-04-07T22:13:13`. The parser accepts a space instead of the | 
 | 	`T` character as well. | 
 | + | 
 | NOTE: In addition, the date part is accepted in the following formats: | 
 | `YYYY.MM.DD`, `MM/DD/YYYY` and `DD.MM.YYYY`. |