diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
index 56727e8..fe0fb20 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-list.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
 		struct pretty_print_context ctx = {0};
 		ctx.abbrev = revs->abbrev;
 		ctx.date_mode = revs->date_mode;
+		ctx.date_mode_explicit = revs->date_mode_explicit;
 		ctx.fmt = revs->commit_format;
 		pretty_print_commit(&ctx, commit, &buf);
 		if (revs->graph) {
diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index 14f6a5a..048f31e 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 	const char *after_subject;
 	int preserve_subject;
 	enum date_mode date_mode;
+	unsigned date_mode_explicit:1;
 	int need_8bit_cte;
 	int show_notes;
 	struct reflog_walk_info *reflog_info;
diff --git a/log-tree.c b/log-tree.c
index 24c295e..5f9e59a 100644
--- a/log-tree.c
+++ b/log-tree.c
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@
 	if (ctx.need_8bit_cte >= 0)
 		ctx.need_8bit_cte = has_non_ascii(opt->add_signoff);
 	ctx.date_mode = opt->date_mode;
+	ctx.date_mode_explicit = opt->date_mode_explicit;
 	ctx.abbrev = opt->diffopt.abbrev;
 	ctx.after_subject = extra_headers;
 	ctx.preserve_subject = opt->preserve_subject;
diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
index f45eb54..efd62e8 100644
--- a/pretty.c
+++ b/pretty.c
@@ -956,7 +956,9 @@
 			if (c->pretty_ctx->reflog_info)
 				get_reflog_selector(sb,
 						    c->pretty_ctx->reflog_info,
-						    c->pretty_ctx->date_mode,
+						    c->pretty_ctx->date_mode_explicit ?
+						      c->pretty_ctx->date_mode :
+						      DATE_NORMAL,
 						    (placeholder[1] == 'd'));
 			return 2;
 		case 's':	/* reflog message */
diff --git a/t/t1411-reflog-show.sh b/t/t1411-reflog-show.sh
index 4706f4c..88247f8 100755
--- a/t/t1411-reflog-show.sh
+++ b/t/t1411-reflog-show.sh
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 cat >expect <<'EOF'
 HEAD@{0}
 EOF
-test_expect_failure 'log.date does not invoke "--date" magic (format=%gd)' '
+test_expect_success 'log.date does not invoke "--date" magic (format=%gd)' '
 	test_config log.date raw &&
 	git log -g -1 --format=%gd >actual &&
 	test_cmp expect actual