@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (

 // Usage: docker history [OPTIONS] IMAGE

 func (cli *DockerCli) CmdHistory(args ...string) error {

 	cmd := cli.Subcmd("history", "IMAGE", "Show the history of an image", true)

+	human := cmd.Bool([]string{"H", "-human"}, true, "Print sizes and dates in human readable format")

 	quiet := cmd.Bool([]string{"q", "-quiet"}, false, "Only show numeric IDs")

 	noTrunc := cmd.Bool([]string{"#notrunc", "-no-trunc"}, false, "Don't truncate output")

 	cmd.Require(flag.Exact, 1)

@@ -46,14 +47,24 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdHistory(args ...string) error {

 			fmt.Fprintf(w, stringid.TruncateID(entry.ID))

 		}

 		if !*quiet {

-			if *noTrunc {

+			if *human {

+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "\t%s ago\t", units.HumanDuration(time.Now().UTC().Sub(time.Unix(entry.Created, 0))))

+			} else {

 				fmt.Fprintf(w, "\t%s\t", time.Unix(entry.Created, 0).Format(time.RFC3339))

+			}

+

+			if *noTrunc {

 				fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t", entry.CreatedBy)

 			} else {

-				fmt.Fprintf(w, "\t%s ago\t", units.HumanDuration(time.Now().UTC().Sub(time.Unix(entry.Created, 0))))

 				fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t", stringutils.Truncate(entry.CreatedBy, 45))

 			}

-			fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t", units.HumanSize(float64(entry.Size)))

+

+			if *human {

+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t", units.HumanSize(float64(entry.Size)))

+			} else {

+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d\t", entry.Size)

+			}

+

 			fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s", entry.Comment)

 		}

 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\n")

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Show the history of when and how an image was created.

 **--help**

   Print usage statement

+**-H**. **--human**=*true*|*false*

+    Print sizes and dates in human readable format. The default is *true*.

+

 **--no-trunc**=*true*|*false*

    Don't truncate output. The default is *false*.

@@ -1191,6 +1191,7 @@ This will create a new Bash session in the container `ubuntu_bash`.

     Show the history of an image

+      -H, --human=true     Print sizes and dates in human readable format

       --no-trunc=false     Don't truncate output

       -q, --quiet=false    Only show numeric IDs