is a program that parses dates according to the ARPA Internet standard.
It also understands many non\-standard formats,
such as those produced by TOPS\-20 sites and some UNIX sites using
-.BR ctime (3).
+.IR ctime (3).
It is useful for seeing how
.B nmh
will interpret a date.
This permits individual fields of the address to be extracted with ease.
The string is simply a format string and the file is simply a format file.
See
-.BR mh\-format (5)
+.IR mh\-format (5)
for the details.
.PP
Here is the default format string used by
.SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
None
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-ap(8),
+.IR ap (8),
+.PP
.I "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages"
(RFC\-822)
.SH DEFAULTS