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package com.intellij.vcs.log.data;

import com.intellij.vcs.log.VcsFullCommitDetails;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

import java.util.Date;

public class VcsLogDateFilter implements VcsLogDetailsFilter {

  @Nullable private final Date myAfter;
  @Nullable private final Date myBefore;

  public VcsLogDateFilter(@Nullable Date after, @Nullable Date before) {
    myAfter = after;
    myBefore = before;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean matches(@NotNull VcsFullCommitDetails details) {
    Date date = new Date(details.getAuthorTime());  // behave like Git does: it filters by commit time, not author time
    boolean matches = true;
    if (myAfter != null) {
      matches &= date.after(myAfter);
    }
    if (myBefore != null) {
      matches &= date.before(myBefore);
    }
    return matches;
  }

  @Nullable
  public Date getAfter() {
    return myAfter;
  }

  @Nullable
  public Date getBefore() {
    return myBefore;
  }

}

@@ -1176,14 +1176,8 @@
 .get
-Author
 Time
@@ -1189,32 +1189,23 @@
  // 
-behave like Git does: it
+Git itself also
  fil

Use commit time instead of author time. Step 4. Update the filter