# `gbp.git.__init__` module documentation

Part of `gbp.git`

Accessing Git from python

Function | rfc822_date_to_git | Parse a date in RFC822 format, and convert to a 'seconds tz' `str`ing.

def rfc822_date_to_git(rfc822_date, fuzzy=(False)):

Parse a date in RFC822 format, and convert to a 'seconds tz' `str`ing.

    >>> rfc822_date_to_git('Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:01 +0000')
    '1 +0000'
    >>> rfc822_date_to_git('Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:12:57 -0700')
    '1206000777 -0700'
    >>> rfc822_date_to_git('Sat, 5 Apr 2008 17:01:32 +0200')
    '1207407692 +0200'
    >>> rfc822_date_to_git('So, 26 Feb 1998 8:50:00 +0100', fuzzy=True)
    '888479400 +0100'