View Git commits in a specific 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.

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.

# Syntax: git log [--since=<date-from>] [--until=<date-to>]

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>.

# 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>.

# 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
# [...]