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Re:Back dating Git commits based on file modification dates by Izkata on Saturday August 03, 2024 @12:41PM (#41147631)
If all you want is author date (which I think is more correct), then just this works fine:

  git commit --date '1990-01-01 10:10'
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Re:Back dating Git commits based on file modification dates by j0057 on Saturday August 03, 2024 @05:37PM (#41149442)
IIRC the GitHub UI started showimg commit date instead of author date some years ago.
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