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From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, "Stephen P. Smith" <ischis2@cox.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] t0006-date.sh: add `human` date format tests.
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 21:14:04 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a5412274-028f-3662-e4f5-dbbcad4d9a40@iee.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqva37j595.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

On 02/01/2019 18:15, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> We perhaps can use "test-tool date timestamp", like so
>
> 	check_human_date $(test-tool date timestamp "18000 seconds ago") ...
>
> or moving the part that munges 18000 into the above form inside
> check_human_date helper function, e.g.
>
> 	check_human_date () {
> 		commit_date=$(test-tool date timestamp "$1 seconds ago")
> 		commit_date="$commit_date +0200"
>                  expect=$2
> 		...
> 	}
>
> which would let us write
>
> 	check_human_date 432000" $THIS_YEAR_REGEX  # 5 days ago


Just a quick bikeshed: if used, would this have a year end 5 day 
roll-over error potential, or will it always use the single date?

(I appreciate it is just suggestion code, not tested)

-- 

Philip


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-01-03 21:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-12-31  0:31 [PATCH 0/3] Add 'human' date format Stephen P. Smith
2018-12-31  0:31 ` [PATCH 1/3] " Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-03  7:37   ` Jeff King
2019-01-03 13:19     ` Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-04  7:50       ` Jeff King
2019-01-04 13:03         ` Stephen P Smith
2019-01-06  6:19           ` Jeff King
2018-12-31  0:31 ` [PATCH 2/3] Add 'human' date format documentation Stephen P. Smith
2018-12-31  0:31 ` [PATCH 3/3] t0006-date.sh: add `human` date format tests Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-02 18:15   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-03  2:36     ` Stephen & Linda Smith
2019-01-03  6:42       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-03 13:20         ` Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-03 21:14     ` Philip Oakley [this message]
2019-01-03 21:45       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-03 23:57         ` Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-03  7:44   ` Jeff King
2019-01-03 13:12     ` Stephen & Linda Smith
2019-01-08 21:27   ` Johannes Sixt
2019-01-09  0:44     ` Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-09  6:58       ` Johannes Sixt
2019-01-10  1:50         ` Stephen & Linda Smith
2019-01-18  6:18 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Re-roll of 'human' date format patch set Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-18  6:18   ` [PATCH v2 1/5] Add 'human' date format Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-18  6:18   ` [PATCH v2 2/5] Remove the proposed use of auto as secondary way to specify human Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-18 18:35     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-19  3:44       ` Stephen & Linda Smith
2019-01-18  6:18   ` [PATCH v2 3/5] Add 'human' date format documentation Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-18 18:47     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-18  6:18   ` [PATCH v2 4/5] Add `human` format to test-tool Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-18 19:03     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-20 22:11       ` Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-22 18:29         ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-18  6:18   ` [PATCH v2 5/5] Add `human` date format tests Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-18 19:24     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-21  5:31   ` [PATCH v3 0/5] Re-roll of 'human' date format patch set Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-21  5:31     ` [PATCH v3 1/5] Add 'human' date format Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-21  5:31     ` [PATCH v3 2/5] Replace the proposed 'auto' mode with 'auto:' Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-21  5:31     ` [PATCH v3 3/5] Add 'human' date format documentation Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-21  5:31     ` [PATCH v3 4/5] Add `human` format to test-tool Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-22 22:34       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-21  5:31     ` [PATCH v3 5/5] Add `human` date format tests Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-29  3:50     ` [PATCH v4 0/5] Re-roll of 'human' date format patch set Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-29  3:50       ` [PATCH v4 1/5] Add 'human' date format Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-29  3:50       ` [PATCH v4 2/5] Replace the proposed 'auto' mode with 'auto:' Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-29  3:50       ` [PATCH v4 3/5] Add 'human' date format documentation Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-29  3:50       ` [PATCH v4 4/5] Add `human` format to test-tool Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-29  3:50       ` [PATCH v4 5/5] Add `human` date format tests Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-21  5:16 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] Re-roll of 'human' date format patch set Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-21  5:16   ` [PATCH v3 1/5] Add 'human' date format Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-21  5:16   ` [PATCH v3 2/5] Replace the proposed 'auto' mode with 'auto:' Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-21  5:16   ` [PATCH v3 3/5] Add 'human' date format documentation Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-21  5:16   ` [PATCH v3 4/5] Add `human` format to test-tool Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-21  5:16   ` [PATCH v3 5/5] Add `human` date format tests Stephen P. Smith
2019-01-21 15:04     ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-22  0:53       ` Stephen & Linda Smith

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