On Apr 26, 2011, at 19:33, Hashir Baqai wrote:
> Johan,
>
> I've seen this referenced wherever the issue arises. Pasting what I assume is
> the portion that is of interest:
>
> Is Subversion a Day Early?
>
> If you specify a single date as a revision without specifying a time of day
> (for example 2006-11-27), you may think that Subversion should give you the
> last revision that took place on the 27th of November. Instead, you'll get
> back a revision from the 26th, or even earlier. Remember that Subversion will
> find the most recent revision of the repository as of the date you give. If
> you give a date without a timestamp, such as 2006-11-27, Subversion assumes a
> time of 00:00:00, so looking for the most recent revision won't return
> anything on the 27th.
>
> If you want to include the 27th in your search, you can either specify the
> 27th with the time ({"2006-11-27 23:59"}), or just specify the next day
> ({2006-11-28}).
>
> You can also use a range of dates. Subversion will find all revisions between
> both dates, inclusive:
>
> $ svn log -r {2006-11-20}:{2006-11-29}
>
> This lead me to believe that by specifying a date and time range, I could be
> sure that I only received commits made between the two. My post is addressing
> an issue that arises despite doing this. If this is not considered a bug
> (although I personally feel that it is), then perhaps it could at least be
> clarified a bit further in the documentation.
I agree the wording of the book is not clear on this point. You should submit
this feedback to the authors of the book; they have their own mailing list.
