Now gitk can be configured to display author and commit dates in their original timezone, by putting %z into datetimeformat in ~/.gitk. Signed-off-by: Anders Kaseorg <andersk@xxxxxxx> --- gitk | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/gitk b/gitk index 8e15572..c77771e 100755 --- a/gitk +++ b/gitk @@ -11021,7 +11021,23 @@ proc prefsok {} { proc formatdate {d} { global datetimeformat if {$d ne {}} { - set d [clock format [lindex $d 0] -format $datetimeformat] + # If $datetimeformat includes a timezone, display in the + # timezone of the argument. Otherwise, display in local time. + if {[string match {*%[zZ]*} $datetimeformat]} { + if {[catch {set d [clock format [lindex $d 0] -timezone [lindex $d 1] -format $datetimeformat]}]} { + # Tcl < 8.5 does not support -timezone. Emulate it by + # setting TZ=UnknownÂNNNN. + global env + catch {set savedTZ $env(TZ)} + set zone [lindex $d 1] + set sign [string map {+ - - +} [string index $zone 0]] + set env(TZ) Unknown$sign[string range $zone 1 2]:[string range $zone 3 4] + set d [clock format [lindex $d 0] -format $datetimeformat] + if {[catch {set env(TZ) $savedTZ}]} {unset env(TZ)} + } + } else { + set d [clock format [lindex $d 0] -format $datetimeformat] + } } return $d } -- 1.7.5.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html