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DP(8mh)                                                                                   DP(8mh)

NAME
       dp - nmh parser of RFC 822-style dates

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/lib/mh/dp [-help] [-version] [-form formatfile] [-format string] [-width columns]
            dates ...

DESCRIPTION
       dp is a program that parses dates according to the ARPA Internet standard.  It also under-
       stands  many  non-standard  formats, such as those produced by TOPS-20 sites and some Unix
       sites using ctime(3).  It is useful for seeing how nmh will interpret a date.

       The dp program treats each argument as a single date, and prints the date out in the offi-
       cial RFC 822 format.  Hence, it is usually best to enclose each argument in quotes for the
       shell.

       To override the output format used by dp, the -format string or -format file switches  are
       used.   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  mh-format(5)
       for the details.

       Here is the default format string used by dp:

            %<(nodate{text})error: %{text}%|%(putstr(pretty{text}))%>

       which  says  that if an error was detected, print the error, a `:', and the date in error.
       Otherwise, output the RFC 822-proper format of the date.

FILES
       $HOME/.mh_profile   The user's profile.

PROFILE COMPONENTS
       None

SEE ALSO
       fmttest(1), ap(8),

       Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages (RFC 822)

DEFAULTS
       -format             As described above.
       -width              The width of the terminal.

CONTEXT
       None

nmh-1.7.1                                   1999-04-30                                    DP(8mh)

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