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.IX Title "Mail::Field::Date 3"
.TH Mail::Field::Date 3 "2012-12-21" "perl v5.16.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Mail::Field::Date \- a date header field
.SH "INHERITANCE"
.IX Header "INHERITANCE"
.Vb 2
\& Mail::Field::Date
\&   is a Mail::Field
.Ve
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 2
\&  use HTTP::Date \*(Aqtime2iso\*(Aq;
\&  my $field = Mail::Field\->new(Date => time2iso());
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Represents one \*(L"Date\*(R" header field.
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
.SS "Constructors"
.IX Subsection "Constructors"
.IP "Mail::Field::Date\->\fBcombine\fR(\s-1FIELDS\s0)" 4
.IX Item "Mail::Field::Date->combine(FIELDS)"
See \*(L"Constructors\*(R" in Mail::Field
.IP "Mail::Field::Date\->\fBextract\fR(\s-1TAG, HEAD\s0 [, \s-1INDEX \s0])" 4
.IX Item "Mail::Field::Date->extract(TAG, HEAD [, INDEX ])"
See \*(L"Constructors\*(R" in Mail::Field
.IP "Mail::Field::Date\->\fBnew\fR(\s-1TAG\s0 [, \s-1STRING\s0 | \s-1OPTIONS\s0])" 4
.IX Item "Mail::Field::Date->new(TAG [, STRING | OPTIONS])"
See \*(L"Constructors\*(R" in Mail::Field
.ie n .SS """Fake"" constructors"
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.IX Item "$obj->create(OPTIONS)"
See "\*(L"Fake\*(R" constructors" in Mail::Field
.ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBparse\fR()" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBparse\fR()" 4
.IX Item "$obj->parse()"
See "\*(L"Fake\*(R" constructors" in Mail::Field
.SS "Accessors"
.IX Subsection "Accessors"
.ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBset\fR(\s-1OPTIONS\s0)" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBset\fR(\s-1OPTIONS\s0)" 4
.IX Item "$obj->set(OPTIONS)"
.Vb 3
\& \-Option \-\-Default
\&  Time     undef
\&  TimeStr  undef
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.IP "Time => \s-1SECONDS\s0" 2
.IX Item "Time => SECONDS"
.PD 0
.IP "TimeStr => \s-1STRING\s0" 2
.IX Item "TimeStr => STRING"
.PD
A string acceptable to Date::Parse.
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBstringify\fR()" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBstringify\fR()" 4
.IX Item "$obj->stringify()"
See \*(L"Accessors\*(R" in Mail::Field
.ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBtag\fR()" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBtag\fR()" 4
.IX Item "$obj->tag()"
.PD 0
.IP "Mail::Field::Date\->\fBtag\fR()" 4
.IX Item "Mail::Field::Date->tag()"
.PD
See \*(L"Accessors\*(R" in Mail::Field
.SS "Smart accessors"
.IX Subsection "Smart accessors"
.ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBtext\fR([\s-1STRING\s0])" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBtext\fR([\s-1STRING\s0])" 4
.IX Item "$obj->text([STRING])"
See \*(L"Smart accessors\*(R" in Mail::Field
.ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBtime\fR([\s-1TIME\s0])" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBtime\fR([\s-1TIME\s0])" 4
.IX Item "$obj->time([TIME])"
Query (or change) the \s-1TIME \s0(as stored in the field) in seconds.
.SH "DIAGNOSTICS"
.IX Header "DIAGNOSTICS"
.IP "Error: Undefined subroutine <method> called" 4
.IX Item "Error: Undefined subroutine <method> called"
Mail::Field objects use autoloading to compile new functionality.
Apparently, the mehod called is not implemented for the specific
class of the field object.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
This module is part of the MailTools distribution,
\&\fIhttp://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/\fR.
.SH "AUTHORS"
.IX Header "AUTHORS"
The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr.  Later, Mark
Overmeer took over maintenance without commitment to further development.
.PP
Mail::Cap by Gisle Aas <aas@oslonett.no>.
Mail::Field::AddrList by Peter Orbaek <poe@cit.dk>.
Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>.
For other contributors see ChangeLog.
.SH "LICENSE"
.IX Header "LICENSE"
Copyrights 1995\-2000 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> and
2001\-2007 Mark Overmeer <perl@overmeer.net>.
.PP
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
See \fIhttp://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html\fR
