1 file changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletion
diff --git a/source/shared.c b/source/shared.c
index 6e69666..84ee4c8 100644
--- a/source/shared.c
+++ b/source/shared.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ void cgit_parse_date_format(const char *format, struct date_mode *mode)
 {
 	static const char * const names[] = {
 		"default", "human", "iso", "iso-strict", "iso8601",
-		"iso8601-strict", "local", "raw", "relative", "rfc",
+		"iso8601-strict", "raw", "relative", "rfc",
 		"rfc2822", "short", "unix",
 	};
 	const char *rest;
@@ -520,6 +520,13 @@ void cgit_parse_date_format(const char *format, struct date_mode *mode)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	// git reads local only as a whole alias of default-local, and dies on
+	// it with a suffix of its own.
+	if (!strcmp(format, "local")) {
+		parse_date_format(format, mode);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(names); i++) {
 		if (!skip_prefix(format, names[i], &rest))
 			continue;