Mail::Field::Date(3)                           User Contributed Perl Documentation                          Mail::Field::Date(3)



NAME
       Mail::Field::Date - a date header field

INHERITANCE
        Mail::Field::Date
          is a Mail::Field

SYNOPSIS
         use HTTP::Date 'time2iso';
         my $field = Mail::Field->new(Date => time2iso());

DESCRIPTION
       Represents one "Date" header field.

METHODS
   Constructors
       Mail::Field::Date->combine(FIELDS)

           See "Constructors" in Mail::Field

       Mail::Field::Date->extract(TAG, HEAD [, INDEX ])

           See "Constructors" in Mail::Field

       Mail::Field::Date->new(TAG [, STRING | OPTIONS])

           See "Constructors" in Mail::Field

   "Fake" constructors
       $obj->create(OPTIONS)

           See ""Fake" constructors" in Mail::Field

       $obj->parse

           See ""Fake" constructors" in Mail::Field

   Accessors
       $obj->set(OPTIONS)

        Option --Default
        Time     undef
        TimeStr  undef

           . Time => SECONDS

           . TimeStr => STRING

               A string acceptable to Date::Parse.

       $obj->stringify

           See "Accessors" in Mail::Field

       $obj->tag

       Mail::Field::Date->tag

           See "Accessors" in Mail::Field

   Smart accessors
       $obj->text([STRING])

           See "Smart accessors" in Mail::Field

       $obj->time([TIME])

           Query (or change) the TIME (as stored in the field) in seconds.

DETAILS
DIAGNOSTICS
       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.

SEE ALSO
       This module is part of the MailTools distribution, http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/.

AUTHORS
       The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr.  Later, Mark Overmeer took over maintenance without commitment to
       further development.

       Mail::Cap by Gisle Aas <aasAToslonett.no>.  Mail::Field::AddrList by Peter Orbaek <poeATcit.dk>.  Mail::Mailer and
       Mail::Send by Tim Bunce <Tim.BunceATig.uk>.  For other contributors see ChangeLog.

LICENSE
       Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr <gbarrATpobox.com> and 2001-2007 Mark Overmeer <perlATovermeer.net>.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.  See
       http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html



perl v5.12.2                                               2010-10-01                                       Mail::Field::Date(3)