#
#
# patch "cmd_ws_commit.cc"
#  from [c7d6e3540bce1c1d5896a198376a4553c4df8654]
#    to [7ca0be6df2171cbcb5c60f24883a83c1e3d3f471]
# 
# patch "std_hooks.lua"
#  from [32781b7b525432e0e230aaa2ece7e24e6a8ef7ec]
#    to [d69d19dd15b34170839af4ff78d5aa1ea0282ef9]
#
============================================================
--- cmd_ws_commit.cc	c7d6e3540bce1c1d5896a198376a4553c4df8654
+++ cmd_ws_commit.cc	7ca0be6df2171cbcb5c60f24883a83c1e3d3f471
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ get_log_message_interactively(lua_hooks 
 
   if (!is_date_fmt_valid)
     {
-      W(F("date format '%s' cannot be used for commit; using default instead") % date_fmt);
+      W(F("date format '%s' cannot be parsed; using default instead") % date_fmt);
       revision_header(rid, rev, author, date, branch, changelog, null_date_fmt, header);
     }
   else
@@ -845,9 +845,6 @@ CMD(status, "status", "", CMD_REF(inform
         app.lua.hook_get_date_format_spec(date_time_long, date_fmt);
     }
 
-  if (!date_fmt_valid(date_fmt))
-    W(F("date format '%s' cannot be used for commit") % date_fmt);
-
   work.get_parent_rosters(db, old_rosters);
   work.get_current_roster_shape(db, nis, new_roster);
 
============================================================
--- std_hooks.lua	32781b7b525432e0e230aaa2ece7e24e6a8ef7ec
+++ std_hooks.lua	d69d19dd15b34170839af4ff78d5aa1ea0282ef9
@@ -1248,6 +1248,14 @@ function get_default_command_options(com
 
 function get_default_command_options(command)
     local default_args = {}
+    local ostype = get_ostype()
+
+    --  Dates are never parseable on Win32 (see win32/parse_date.cc),
+    --  so don't warn about that, just use the default format.
+    if (command[1] == "commit") and string.find(ostype, "Windows") then
+        table.insert(default_args, "--no-format-dates")
+    end
+
     return default_args
 end