title: Git Commit is using a wrong timezone
body: <p>Normally I use two PCs, say: <code>PC1</code> and <code>PC2</code>.</p>
  
  <p>On both of them I'm using <code>CygWin</code> on <code>Windows 10</code>.</p>
  
  <p>They had the same configuration.</p>
  
  <p>On <code>PC1</code> I was trying to do some adjustments on how to display the date and time when doing:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ git log
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I was trying multiple <code>bash</code> and <code>git</code> commands.</p>
  
  <p>In the past and also currently on <code>PC2</code> when I do:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ date
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Tue Sep 25 16:17:34 CDT 2018
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but on <code>PC1</code> (the wrong one), with the same command, I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Tue, Sep 25, 2018 16:17:34
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>where you can see that the <code>TimeZone</code> indicator is not showing up.</p>
  
  <p>Also, now on <code>PC1</code>, when I do a commit and then list the history with: <code>$ git log</code>, dates are like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Date:   Tue Sep 25 22:58:42 2018 +0100
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>where it should be:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Date:   Tue Sep 25 16:58:42 2018 -0500
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>because my current timezone is: <code>CDT</code> (<code>America/Chicago</code>) (<code>-05:00</code>)</p>
  
  <p>Any idea on how to solve this?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>
  
  <p><strong>[EDIT 1]</strong></p>
  
  <p>Responding to suggestion from <code>@Johan</code> below where he said:</p>
  
  <p><strong>--- begin of comment ---</strong></p>
  
  <p>You need to set the <code>git log --date</code> to <code>local</code>.</p>
  
  <pre><code>git config --global log.date local
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>--- end of comment ---</strong></p>
  
  <p>I just tried that and now the date that shows up on my last commit doesn't have the <code>TimeZone</code> indicator. Using the same time reference as before it would be:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Date:   Tue Sep 25 22:58:42 2018
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I need to get the <code>TimeZone</code> indicator on the commit list.</p>
  
  <p><strong>[EDIT 2]</strong></p>
  
  <p>Responding to suggestion from <code>@Johan</code> below where he said:</p>
  
  <p><strong>--- begin of comment ---</strong></p>
  
  <p>You need to set the <code>git log --date</code> to <code>default</code>.</p>
  
  <pre><code>git config --global log.date default
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>--- end of comment ---</strong></p>
  
  <p>I just tried that and now and I get again:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Date:   Tue Sep 25 22:58:42 2018 +0100
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>even trying new commits.</p>