=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. =head1 METHODS =head2 Constructors =over 4 =item Mail::Field::Date-EB(FIELDS) See L =item Mail::Field::Date-EB(TAG, HEAD [, INDEX ]) See L =item Mail::Field::Date-EB(TAG [, STRING | OPTIONS]) See L =back =head2 "Fake" constructors =over 4 =item $obj-EB(OPTIONS) See L =item $obj-EB() See L =back =head2 Accessors =over 4 =item $obj-EB(OPTIONS) -Option --Default Time undef TimeStr undef =over 2 =item Time => SECONDS =item TimeStr => STRING A string acceptable to Date::Parse. =back =item $obj-EB() See L =item $obj-EB() =item Mail::Field::Date-EB() See L =back =head2 Smart accessors =over 4 =item $obj-EB([STRING]) See L =item $obj-EB([TIME]) Query (or change) the TIME (as stored in the field) in seconds. =back =head1 DIAGNOSTICS =over 4 =item Error: Undefined subroutine 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. =back =head1 SEE ALSO This module is part of the MailTools distribution, F. =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 Eaas@oslonett.noE. Mail::Field::AddrList by Peter Orbaek Epoe@cit.dkE. Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce ETim.Bunce@ig.co.ukE. For other contributors see ChangeLog. =head1 LICENSE Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr Egbarr@pobox.comE and 2001-2007 Mark Overmeer Eperl@overmeer.netE. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See F