Output of svn log -v

Question

I just wonna know if the output of the command svn log -v is always the same. For me it looks like:

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r2 | username | 2011-01-16 16:52:23 +0100 (Sun, 16 Jan 2011) | 1 line
Changed paths:
   D /foo
Removed foo
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r1 | balzarot | 2011-01-16 16:51:03 +0100 (Sun, 16 Jan 2011) | 1 line
Changed paths:
   A /foo
created foo
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but I don't know if it is always like that, especially the format of the date! Can you help me please thnx

Answer 1

If you're programmatically parsing the output of svn commands, you'll probably want to use the --xml switch:

svn log --xml

When using this format, the date (in particular) is in standard ISO 8601 format:

<date>2010-12-06T20:58:35.698893Z</date>