commit - 20a750ff945baed4c729142993cb0217f40830b9
commit + bfbb258b77efcda05d51b22c11c23c2b94c3cf05
blob - fca64360499d25b37e4da465d063154d61ce89a8
blob + 5289fe88e2afd9cf2bdc043d4722c21fa4843071
--- tog/tog.c
+++ tog/tog.c
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ struct tog_help_view_state {
 	KEY_("R", "Open ref view of all repository references"), \
 	KEY_("T", "Display tree view of the repository from the selected" \
 	    " commit"), \
-	KEY_("@", "Toggle between displaying author and committer name"), \
+	KEY_("@", "Toggle between displaying author and committer data"), \
 	KEY_("&", "Open prompt to enter term to limit commits displayed"), \
 	KEY_("C-g Backspace", "Cancel current search or log operation"), \
 	KEY_("C-l", "Reload the log view with new commits in the repository"), \
@@ -2441,7 +2441,7 @@ draw_commit(struct tog_view *view, struct commit_queue
 	int col, limit, scrollx, logmsg_x;
 	const int avail = view->ncols, marker_column = author_display_cols + 1;
 	struct tm tm;
-	time_t committer_time;
+	time_t timestamp;
 	struct tog_color *tc;
 	struct got_reflist_head *refs;
 
@@ -2456,8 +2456,11 @@ draw_commit(struct tog_view *view, struct commit_queue
 			return got_error_set_errno(rc, "pthread_cond_wait");
 	}
 
-	committer_time = got_object_commit_get_committer_time(commit);
-	if (gmtime_r(&committer_time, &tm) == NULL)
+	if (s->use_committer)
+		timestamp = got_object_commit_get_committer_time(commit);
+	else
+		timestamp = got_object_commit_get_author_time(commit);
+	if (gmtime_r(&timestamp, &tm) == NULL)
 		return got_error_from_errno("gmtime_r");
 	if (strftime(datebuf, sizeof(datebuf), "%F ", &tm) == 0)
 		return got_error(GOT_ERR_NO_SPACE);