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kathik
kathik

Reputation: 51

How to set current date as git commit message with time zone?

git commit -m "$(date)" -> is displaying in UTC, but how to get preferred time zone?

I wanted to get preferred timezone in git commit.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1879

Answers (2)

Andrii Bodnar
Andrii Bodnar

Reputation: 2202

EDIT 2024-02-23

Suggested action is not maintained anymore. I've made a fork and will keep it up-to-date.

https://github.com/marketplace/actions/timezoneaction

uses: MathRobin/[email protected]
with:
  timezoneLinux: 'Asia/Singapore'
  timezoneMacos: 'Europe/Paris'
  timezoneWindows: 'W. Central Africa Standard Time'

Fully compatible with previous package.

Action from szenius is using node 16 which is deprecated and will not be usable during Spring 2024: https://github.blog/changelog/2023-09-22-github-actions-transitioning-from-node-16-to-node-20/

Our plan is to transition all actions to run on Node 20 by Spring 2024.

Older deprecated solution

You can use the Set Timezone GH Action. This action will set the specified timezone for your GH Runner's machine.

For example:

uses: szenius/[email protected]
with:
  timezoneLinux: "Asia/Singapore"
  timezoneMacos: "Asia/Singapore"
  timezoneWindows: "Singapore Standard Time"

Under the hood, it uses the timedatectl (Linux), timezoneMacos (MacOS), or timezoneWindows (Windows) tool to set a timezone depending on your job environment.

This Action should be placed before executing the git commit command and within a single job.

Upvotes: 2

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1328322

Strange, considering I always see my commits using my local timezone.
Meaning you do not need to include date output in the commit message itself.

But you can set the TZ environment variable, as seen here to benefit from a display using your timezone.

export TZ=CET
git show -s --format=%cd --date=iso-local

That will show the date of your last commit. In CET timezone.

date inside the commit message:

git commit -m "$(date -d 'TZ="Australia/Sydney"')"

Upvotes: 3

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