4 .TH DP %manext8% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
6 dp \- parse dates 822-style
24 is a program that parses dates according to the ARPA Internet standard.
25 It also understands many non\-standard formats,
26 such as those produced by TOPS\-20 sites and some UNIX sites using
28 It is useful for seeing how
30 will interpret a date.
34 program treats each argument as a single date,
35 and prints the date out in the official 822\-format.
36 Hence, it is usually best to enclose each argument in quotes for the
39 To override the output format used by
48 This permits individual fields of the address to be extracted with ease.
49 The string is simply a format string and the file is simply a format file.
54 Here is the default format string used by
58 %<(nodate{text})error: %{text}%|%(putstr(pretty{text}))%>
61 which says that if an error was detected, print the error, a `:',
62 and the date in error.
63 Otherwise, output the 822\-proper format of the date.
68 .ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
69 ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
72 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
77 .I "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages"
82 .RB ` \-format "' default as described above"
83 .RB ` \-width "' default to the width of the terminal"
92 switch must be interpreted as a single token by the shell that invokes
94 Therefore, one must usually place the argument to this switch inside quotes.