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Why does the date/time of a Commit not match the date/time shown under Blame? #22251

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Here is what is likely happening.
A Git commit will contain the name, email address and timestamp of two actors — the author, and the committer.
As per the Git - Viewing the Commit History info

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Git - Viewing the Commit History

You may be wondering what the difference is between author and committer. The author is the person who originally wrote the work, whereas the committer is the person who last applied the work. So, if you send in a patch to a project and one of the core members applies the patch, both of you get credit — you as the author, and the core member as the committer.

The commit view shows when the content was committed, using the committer date.
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