=encoding utf8 =head1 NAME Mail::Field::Date - a date header field =head1 INHERITANCE Mail::Field::Date is a Mail::Field =head1 SYNOPSIS use HTTP::Date 'time2iso'; my $field = Mail::Field->new(Date => time2iso()); =head1 DESCRIPTION Represents one "Date" header field. Extends L<"DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Field|Mail::Field/"DESCRIPTION">. =head1 METHODS Extends L<"METHODS" in Mail::Field|Mail::Field/"METHODS">. =head2 Constructors Extends L<"Constructors" in Mail::Field|Mail::Field/"Constructors">. =over 4 =item Mail::Field::Date-E<gt>B<combine>($fields) Inherited, see L<Mail::Field/"Constructors"> =item Mail::Field::Date-E<gt>B<extract>( $tag, $head [, $index ] ) Inherited, see L<Mail::Field/"Constructors"> =item Mail::Field::Date-E<gt>B<new>( $tag [, STRING | %options] ) Inherited, see L<Mail::Field/"Constructors"> =back =head2 "Fake" constructors Extends L<""Fake" constructors" in Mail::Field|Mail::Field/""Fake" constructors">. =over 4 =item $obj-E<gt>B<create>(%options) Inherited, see L<Mail::Field/""Fake" constructors"> =item $obj-E<gt>B<parse>() Inherited, see L<Mail::Field/""Fake" constructors"> =back =head2 Accessors Extends L<"Accessors" in Mail::Field|Mail::Field/"Accessors">. =over 4 =item $obj-E<gt>B<set>(%options) -Option --Default Time undef TimeStr undef =over 2 =item Time => SECONDS =item TimeStr => STRING A string acceptable to Date::Parse. =back =item $obj-E<gt>B<stringify>() Inherited, see L<Mail::Field/"Accessors"> =item $obj-E<gt>B<tag>() =item Mail::Field::Date-E<gt>B<tag>() Inherited, see L<Mail::Field/"Accessors"> =back =head2 Smart accessors Extends L<"Smart accessors" in Mail::Field|Mail::Field/"Smart accessors">. =over 4 =item $obj-E<gt>B<text>( [STRING] ) Inherited, see L<Mail::Field/"Smart accessors"> =item $obj-E<gt>B<time>( [$time] ) Query (or change) the $time (as stored in the field) in seconds. =back =head1 DETAILS Extends L<"DETAILS" in Mail::Field|Mail::Field/"DETAILS">. =head1 DIAGNOSTICS =over 4 =item Error: Undefined subroutine <method> called Mail::Field objects use autoloading to compile new functionality. Apparently, the method called is not implemented for the specific class of the field object. =back =head1 SEE ALSO This module is part of the MailTools distribution, F<http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/>. =head1 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 E<lt>aas@oslonett.noE<gt>. Mail::Field::AddrList by Peter Orbaek E<lt>poe@cit.dkE<gt>. Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce E<lt>Tim.Bunce@ig.co.ukE<gt>. For other contributors see ChangeLog. =head1 LICENSE Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr E<lt>gbarr@pobox.comE<gt> and 2001-2017 Mark Overmeer E<lt>perl@overmeer.netE<gt>. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See F<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>