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DP(8)			    System Manager's Manual			 DP(8)

NAME
       dp - nmh	parser of RFC 822-style	dates

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/local/libexec/nmh/dp [-help] [-version] [-form formatfile] [-for-
	    mat	string]	[-width	columns] dates ...

DESCRIPTION
       dp  is a	program	that parses dates according to the ARPA	Internet stan-
       dard.  It also understands 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	official 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-1.8+dev			  1999-04-30				 DP(8)

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