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-rw-r--r--date.c27
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
index 950b88fdcf..1165d30adf 100644
--- a/date.c
+++ b/date.c
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ const char *show_date(unsigned long time, int tz, enum date_mode mode)
struct tm *tm;
static char timebuf[200];
+ if (mode == DATE_RAW) {
+ snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu %+05d", time, tz);
+ return timebuf;
+ }
+
if (mode == DATE_RELATIVE) {
unsigned long diff;
struct timeval now;
@@ -128,7 +133,25 @@ const char *show_date(unsigned long time, int tz, enum date_mode mode)
snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu months ago", (diff + 15) / 30);
return timebuf;
}
- /* Else fall back on absolute format.. */
+ /* Give years and months for 5 years or so */
+ if (diff < 1825) {
+ unsigned long years = (diff + 183) / 365;
+ unsigned long months = (diff % 365 + 15) / 30;
+ int n;
+ n = snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu year%s",
+ years, (years > 1 ? "s" : ""));
+ if (months)
+ snprintf(timebuf + n, sizeof(timebuf) - n,
+ ", %lu month%s ago",
+ months, (months > 1 ? "s" : ""));
+ else
+ snprintf(timebuf + n, sizeof(timebuf) - n,
+ " ago");
+ return timebuf;
+ }
+ /* Otherwise, just years. Centuries is probably overkill. */
+ snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu years ago", (diff + 183) / 365);
+ return timebuf;
}
if (mode == DATE_LOCAL)
@@ -615,6 +638,8 @@ enum date_mode parse_date_format(const char *format)
return DATE_LOCAL;
else if (!strcmp(format, "default"))
return DATE_NORMAL;
+ else if (!strcmp(format, "raw"))
+ return DATE_RAW;
else
die("unknown date format %s", format);
}