Hello, I'm using the latest version. $ git version git version 2.21.0.392.gf8f6787159e-goog WORKS: the following prints out the date and time in my local timezone. $ git log '--date=format-local:%Y%m%d %H%M%S %z (%Z)' --format=%cd -n1 20190401 170250 -0400 (EDT) WORKS: "TZ=UTC" is respected. It prints time in UTC. $ TZ=UTC git log '--date=format-local:%Y%m%d %H%M%S %z (%Z)' --format=%cd -n1 20190401 210250 +0000 (UTC) BROKEN: anything other than UTC reports wrong date. $ TZ=KST git log '--date=format-local:%Y%m%d %H%M%S %z (%Z)' --format=%cd -n1 20190401 210250 +0000 (KST) The time is in UTC. Worse, %Z respects TZ=KST, which is in conflict with %z. The symptom is same with "--date=local". It respects TZ=UTC but nothing other than TZ=UTC. Regards, Chanseok