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Document the new change-log-redate command.

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@ -1779,6 +1779,22 @@ The command @kbd{M-x change-log-merge} can be used to merge other log
files into a buffer in Change Log Mode, preserving the date ordering
of entries with either the current or old-style date formats.
@findex change-log-redate
@cindex converting change log date style
Versions of Emacs before 20.1 used a format for the time of the change
log entry that was different from what it uses now:
@smallexample
Fri May 25 11:23:23 1993 Richard Stallman <rms@@gnu.org>
@end smallexample
@noindent
The @kbd{M-x change-log-redate} command converts all the old-style date
entries in the change log file visited in the current buffer to the new
format, so that all entries are kept in unified format. This is handy
when the entries are contributed by many different people some of whom
still use old versions of Emacs.
Version control systems are another way to keep track of changes in your
program and keep a change log. @xref{Log Buffer}.