This runs with TZ="GMT"

  $ hg init

  $ echo "test-parse-date" > a

  $ hg add a

  $ hg ci -d "2006-02-01 13:00:30" -m "rev 0"

  $ echo "hi!" >> a

  $ hg ci -d "2006-02-01 13:00:30 -0500" -m "rev 1"

  $ hg tag -d "2006-04-15 13:30" "Hi"

  $ hg backout --merge -d "2006-04-15 13:30 +0200" -m "rev 3" 1

  reverting a

  created new head

  changeset 3:107ce1ee2b43 backs out changeset 1:25a1420a55f8

  merging with changeset 3:107ce1ee2b43

  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  (branch merge, don't forget to commit)

  $ hg ci -d "1150000000 14400" -m "rev 4 (merge)"

  $ echo "fail" >> a

  $ hg ci -d "should fail" -m "fail"

  hg: parse error: invalid date: 'should fail'

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  $ hg ci -d "100000000000000000 1400" -m "fail"

  hg: parse error: date exceeds 32 bits: 100000000000000000

  [10]

  $ hg ci -d "100000 1400000" -m "fail"

  hg: parse error: impossible time zone offset: 1400000

  [10]

Check with local timezone other than GMT and with DST

  $ TZ="PST+8PDT+7,M4.1.0/02:00:00,M10.5.0/02:00:00"

  $ export TZ

PST=UTC-8 / PDT=UTC-7

Summer time begins on April's first Sunday at 2:00am,

and ends on October's last Sunday at 2:00am.

  $ hg debugrebuildstate

  $ echo "a" > a

  $ hg ci -d "2006-07-15 13:30" -m "summer@UTC-7"

  $ hg debugrebuildstate

  $ echo "b" > a

  $ hg ci -d "2006-07-15 13:30 +0500" -m "summer@UTC+5"

  $ hg debugrebuildstate

  $ echo "c" > a

  $ hg ci -d "2006-01-15 13:30" -m "winter@UTC-8"

  $ hg debugrebuildstate

  $ echo "d" > a

  $ hg ci -d "2006-01-15 13:30 +0500" -m "winter@UTC+5"

  $ hg log --template '{date|date}\n'

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700

  Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000

Test issue1014 (fractional timezones)

  $ hg debugdate "1000000000 -16200" # 0430

  internal: 1000000000 -16200

  standard: Sun Sep 09 06:16:40 2001 +0430

  $ hg debugdate "1000000000 -15300" # 0415

  internal: 1000000000 -15300

  standard: Sun Sep 09 06:01:40 2001 +0415

  $ hg debugdate "1000000000 -14400" # 0400

  internal: 1000000000 -14400

  standard: Sun Sep 09 05:46:40 2001 +0400

  $ hg debugdate "1000000000 0"      # GMT

  internal: 1000000000 0

  standard: Sun Sep 09 01:46:40 2001 +0000

  $ hg debugdate "1000000000 14400"  # -0400

  internal: 1000000000 14400

  standard: Sat Sep 08 21:46:40 2001 -0400

  $ hg debugdate "1000000000 15300"  # -0415

  internal: 1000000000 15300

  standard: Sat Sep 08 21:31:40 2001 -0415

  $ hg debugdate "1000000000 16200"  # -0430

  internal: 1000000000 16200

  standard: Sat Sep 08 21:16:40 2001 -0430

  $ hg debugdate "Sat Sep 08 21:16:40 2001 +0430"

  internal: 999967600 -16200

  standard: Sat Sep 08 21:16:40 2001 +0430

  $ hg debugdate "Sat Sep 08 21:16:40 2001 -0430"

  internal: 1000000000 16200

  standard: Sat Sep 08 21:16:40 2001 -0430

Test 12-hours times

  $ hg debugdate "2006-02-01 1:00:30PM +0000"

  internal: 1138798830 0

  standard: Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000

  $ hg debugdate "1:00:30PM" > /dev/null

Normal range

  $ hg log -d -1

Negative range

  $ hg log -d "--2"

  abort: -2 must be nonnegative (see 'hg help dates')

  [10]

Whitespace only

  $ hg log -d " "

  abort: dates cannot consist entirely of whitespace

  [10]

Test date formats with '>' or '<' accompanied by space characters

  $ hg log -d '>' --template '{date|date}\n'

  abort: invalid day spec, use '>DATE'

  [10]

  $ hg log -d '<' --template '{date|date}\n'

  abort: invalid day spec, use '<DATE'

  [10]

  $ hg log -d ' >' --template '{date|date}\n'

  abort: invalid day spec, use '>DATE'

  [10]

  $ hg log -d ' <' --template '{date|date}\n'

  abort: invalid day spec, use '<DATE'

  [10]

  $ hg log -d '> ' --template '{date|date}\n'

  abort: invalid day spec, use '>DATE'

  [10]

  $ hg log -d '< ' --template '{date|date}\n'

  abort: invalid day spec, use '<DATE'

  [10]

  $ hg log -d ' > ' --template '{date|date}\n'

  abort: invalid day spec, use '>DATE'

  [10]

  $ hg log -d ' < ' --template '{date|date}\n'

  abort: invalid day spec, use '<DATE'

  [10]

  $ hg log -d '>02/01' --template '{date|date}\n'

  $ hg log -d '<02/01' --template '{date|date}\n'

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700

  Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000

  $ hg log -d ' >02/01' --template '{date|date}\n'

  $ hg log -d ' <02/01' --template '{date|date}\n'

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700

  Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000

  $ hg log -d '> 02/01' --template '{date|date}\n'

  $ hg log -d '< 02/01' --template '{date|date}\n'

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700

  Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000

  $ hg log -d ' > 02/01' --template '{date|date}\n'

  $ hg log -d ' < 02/01' --template '{date|date}\n'

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700

  Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000

  $ hg log -d '>02/01 ' --template '{date|date}\n'

  $ hg log -d '<02/01 ' --template '{date|date}\n'

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700

  Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000

  $ hg log -d ' >02/01 ' --template '{date|date}\n'

  $ hg log -d ' <02/01 ' --template '{date|date}\n'

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700

  Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000

  $ hg log -d '> 02/01 ' --template '{date|date}\n'

  $ hg log -d '< 02/01 ' --template '{date|date}\n'

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700

  Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000

  $ hg log -d ' > 02/01 ' --template '{date|date}\n'

  $ hg log -d ' < 02/01 ' --template '{date|date}\n'

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sun Jan 15 13:30:00 2006 -0800

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 +0500

  Sat Jul 15 13:30:00 2006 -0700

  Sun Jun 11 00:26:40 2006 -0400

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0200

  Sat Apr 15 13:30:00 2006 +0000

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 -0500

  Wed Feb 01 13:00:30 2006 +0000

Test issue 3764 (interpreting 'today' and 'yesterday')

  $ echo "hello" >> a

  >>> import datetime

  >>> today = datetime.date.today().strftime("%b %d")

  >>> yesterday = (datetime.date.today() - datetime.timedelta(days=1)).strftime("%b %d")

  >>> dates = open('dates', 'w')

  >>> dates.write(today + '\n') and None

  >>> dates.write(yesterday + '\n') and None

  >>> dates.close()

  $ hg ci -d "`sed -n '1p' dates`" -m "today is a good day to code"

  $ hg log -d today --template '{desc}\n'

  today is a good day to code

  $ echo "goodbye" >> a

  $ hg ci -d "`sed -n '2p' dates`" -m "the time traveler's code"

  $ hg log -d yesterday --template '{desc}\n'

  the time traveler's code

  $ echo "foo" >> a

  $ hg commit -d now -m 'Explicitly committed now.'

  $ hg log -d today --template '{desc}\n'

  Explicitly committed now.

  today is a good day to code

Test parsing various ISO8601 forms

  $ hg debugdate "2016-07-27T12:10:21"

  internal: 1469646621 * (glob)

  standard: Wed Jul 27 12:10:21 2016 -0700

  $ hg debugdate "2016-07-27T12:10:21Z"

  internal: 1469621421 0

  standard: Wed Jul 27 12:10:21 2016 +0000

  $ hg debugdate "2016-07-27T12:10:21+00:00"

  internal: 1469621421 0

  standard: Wed Jul 27 12:10:21 2016 +0000

  $ hg debugdate "2016-07-27T121021Z"

  internal: 1469621421 0

  standard: Wed Jul 27 12:10:21 2016 +0000

  $ hg debugdate "2016-07-27 12:10:21"

  internal: 1469646621 * (glob)

  standard: Wed Jul 27 12:10:21 2016 -0700

  $ hg debugdate "2016-07-27 12:10:21Z"

  internal: 1469621421 0

  standard: Wed Jul 27 12:10:21 2016 +0000

  $ hg debugdate "2016-07-27 12:10:21+00:00"

  internal: 1469621421 0

  standard: Wed Jul 27 12:10:21 2016 +0000

  $ hg debugdate "2016-07-27 121021Z"

  internal: 1469621421 0

  standard: Wed Jul 27 12:10:21 2016 +0000

Test parsing months

  $ for i in Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec; do

  >   hg log -d "$i 2018" -r null

  > done