DP(8)		      [mh.6] (MH.6.8)			 DP(8)

     NAME
	  dp - parse dates 822-style

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

     DESCRIPTION
	  Dp 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 ctime (3).  It is useful for	seeing how MH
	  will interpret a date.

	  The dp program treats	each argument as a single date,	and
	  prints the date out in the official 822-format.  Hence, it
	  is usually best to enclose each argument in double-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 stringand thefile
	  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
	  822-proper format of the date.

     FILES
	  $HOME/.mh_profile		      The user profile

     PROFILE COMPONENTS
	  None

     SEE ALSO
	  ap(8)
	  Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text	Messages (aka
	  RFC-822)

     DEFAULTS
	  `-format' default as described above
	  `-width' default to the width	of the terminal

     CONTEXT
	  None

     BUGS

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     DP(8)		      [mh.6] (MH.6.8)			 DP(8)

	  The argument to the `-format'	switch must be interpreted as
	  a single token by the	shell that invokes dp.	Therefore, one
	  must usually place the argument to this switch inside
	  double-quotes.

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     DP(8)		      [mh.6] (MH.6.8)			 DP(8)

     NAME
	  dp - parse dates 822-style

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

     DESCRIPTION
	  Dp 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 ctime (3).  It is useful for	seeing how MH
	  will interpret a date.

	  The dp program treats	each argument as a single date,	and
	  prints the date out in the official 822-format.  Hence, it
	  is usually best to enclose each argument in double-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 stringand thefile
	  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
	  822-proper format of the date.

     FILES
	  $HOME/.mh_profile		      The user profile

     PROFILE COMPONENTS
	  None

     SEE ALSO
	  ap(8)
	  Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text	Messages (aka
	  RFC-822)

     DEFAULTS
	  `-format' default as described above
	  `-width' default to the width	of the terminal

     CONTEXT
	  None

     BUGS

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     DP(8)		      [mh.6] (MH.6.8)			 DP(8)

	  The argument to the `-format'	switch must be interpreted as
	  a single token by the	shell that invokes dp.	Therefore, one
	  must usually place the argument to this switch inside
	  double-quotes.

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