Re: [PATCH] gitlog-to-changelog: Make output reproducible.

[Paul Eggert]

On 2024-04-12 10:54, Simon Josefsson via Gnulib discussion list wrote:
> I'll try to come up with a fix.

Emacs has had the tradition of using UTC for ChangeLog dates, so please 
support that as well, as an option. This Emacs tradition dates back to 
the RCS days, as RCS supports only UTC timestamps for commits. Because 
UTC commit dates in ChangeLogs are sorted numerically, this lessens 
confusion for newbie ChangeLog readers.

Although using UTC can be offputtinmg to a somewhat more expert reader 
who prefers dates to use the committer's UTC offset, ChangeLog format is 
not obvious anyway when the line contains the *committer's* date but the 
*author's* name. Projects like Emacs can reasonably prefer the confusion 
of using UTC, to the confusion of dates that seem to be out of order.