4 .TH DP %manext8% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
6 dp \- parse dates 822-style
20 is a program that parses dates according to the ARPA Internet standard.
21 It also understands many non\-standard formats,
22 such as those produced by TOPS\-20 sites and some UNIX sites using
24 It is useful for seeing how
26 will interpret a date.
30 program treats each argument as a single date,
31 and prints the date out in the official 822\-format.
32 Hence, it is usually best to enclose each argument in double\-quotes for the
35 To override the output format used by
41 This permits individual fields of the address to be extracted with ease.
44 is either the name of a format file or
45 a format string directly, if prepended with an equal sign `='.
50 Here is the default format string used by
55 %<(nodate{text})error: %{text}%|%(putstr(pretty{text}))%>
59 which says that if an error was detected, print the error, a `:',
60 and the date in error.
61 Otherwise, output the 822\-proper format of the date.
66 .ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
67 ^$HOME/.mmh/profile~^The user profile
70 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
75 .I "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages"
80 .RB ` \-form "' default as described above"