diff -r 38906cf9d15c -r b470894c33f8 mercurial/util.py --- a/mercurial/util.py Mon Apr 04 08:26:08 2011 -0500 +++ b/mercurial/util.py Mon Apr 04 09:39:22 2011 -0500 @@ -1222,12 +1222,12 @@ if not date: raise Abort(_("dates cannot consist entirely of whitespace")) elif date[0] == "<": - if not date[1:]: + if not date[1:]: raise Abort(_("invalid day spec. use '<{datetime}' ")) when = upper(date[1:]) return lambda x: x <= when elif date[0] == ">": - if not date[1:]: + if not date[1:]: raise Abort(_("invalid day spec. use '>{datetime}' ")) when = lower(date[1:]) return lambda x: x >= when