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content/snippets/git/s/view-commits-in-date-range.md

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-title: View commits in a specific date range
-type: snippet
+title: View Git commits in a specific date range
+shortTitle: View commits in date range
+type: story
 language: git
 tags: [repository,commit]
 cover: organizer
-dateModified: 2021-04-13
+excerpt: View all commits in a specific date range using `git log`.
+dateModified: 2024-03-29
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-Prints all commits in the specified date range.
+The `git log` command can be used for all sorts of things, including **filtering commits** based on various criteria. One of the most common use cases is to view all **commits in a specific date range**. This can be useful when you want to see what changes were made during a specific period of time, or when you're trying to track down a bug that was introduced at a certain point in time.
 
-- Use `git log --since=<date-from> --until=<date-to>` to view a log of all commits between `<date-from>` and `<date-to>`.
-- You can use only `--since=<date-from>` to see all commits since a specific date or only `--until=<date-to>` to view all commits up to a specific date
-- Use arrow keys to navigate, press <kbd>Q</kbd> to exit.
+## View commits between two dates
+
+Using `git log --since=<date-from> --until=<date-to>`, you can view all commits **between** `<date-from>` and `<date-to>`. The dates can be specified in a variety of formats, such as `YYYY-MM-DD`, `MM/DD/YYYY`, or even relative terms like `yesterday`, `2 weeks ago`, etc.
 
 ```shell
-git log [--since=<date-from>] [--until=<date-to>]
+# Syntax: git log [--since=<date-from>] [--until=<date-to>]
 
-# Examples
 git log --since='Apr 1 2021' --until='Apr 4 2021'
 # commit c191f90c7766ee6d5f24e90b552a6d446f0d02e4
 # Author: 30 seconds of code
 # Date: Tue Apr 6 11:11:08 2021 +0300
 # [...]
+```
+
+## View commits since a specific date
+
+Moreover, to only view commits **since** a specific date, you can use `git log --since=<date-from>`.
+
+```shell
+# Syntax: git log --since=<date-from>
 
 git log --since='2 weeks ago'
 # commit c191f90c7766ee6d5f24e90b552a6d446f0d02e4
 # Author: 30 seconds of code
 # Date: Tue Apr 6 11:11:08 2021 +0300
 # [...]
 ```
+
+## View commits until a specific date
+
+Similarly, if you only want to see commits **up to** a specific date, you can use `git log --until=<date-to>`.
+
+```shell
+# Syntax: git log --until=<date-to>
+
+git log --until='yesterday'
+# commit c191f90c7766ee6d5f24e90b552a6d446f0d02e4
+# Author: 30 seconds of code
+# Date: Tue Apr 6 11:11:08 2021 +0300
+# [...]
+```