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Re:The Go language's first commit (1972) by TheDong on Monday February 14, 2022 @03:19PM (#30337693)
I can save you some time:

    git commit --date "Tue Jul 18 19:05:45 1972 -0500"
That format actually works just fine for --date.

There's also the GIT_AUTHOR_DATE and GIT_COMMITTER_DATE environment variables.

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Re:The Go language's first commit (1972) by cestith on Monday February 14, 2022 @05:02PM (#30339009)
TIL. I've never needed this, but it could come in handy in the past.

Thanks.

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