From git I can get the timestamp:
\"2011-10-04 12:58:36 -0600\"
but is there any way to show it as:
\"2011-10-04 06:58:36\"
If you ask about git log, you can try and select most correct form from:
git log --date={relative,local,default,iso,rfc}
--date=local seems to be the best candidate.
--date=local
To make this permanent, use git config --global log.date local.
git config --global log.date local