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.

       Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Field.

METHODS
       Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Field.

   Constructors
       Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Field.

       Mail::Field::Date->combine($fields)
           Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Field

       Mail::Field::Date->extract( $tag, $head [, $index ] )
           Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Field

       Mail::Field::Date->new( $tag [, STRING | %options] )
           Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Field

   "Fake" constructors
       Extends ""Fake" constructors" in Mail::Field.

       $obj->create(%options)
           Inherited, see ""Fake" constructors" in Mail::Field

       $obj->parse()
           Inherited, see ""Fake" constructors" in Mail::Field

   Accessors
       Extends "Accessors" in Mail::Field.

       $obj->set(%options)
            -Option --Default
             Time     undef
             TimeStr  undef

           Time => SECONDS
           TimeStr => STRING
             A string acceptable to Date::Parse.

       $obj->stringify()
           Inherited, see "Accessors" in Mail::Field

       $obj->tag()
       Mail::Field::Date->tag()
           Inherited, see "Accessors" in Mail::Field

   Smart accessors
       Extends "Smart accessors" in Mail::Field.

       $obj->text( [STRING] )
           Inherited, see "Smart accessors" in Mail::Field

       $obj->time( [$time] )
           Query (or change) the $time (as stored in the field) in seconds.

DETAILS
       Extends "DETAILS" in Mail::Field.

DIAGNOSTICS
       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.

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 <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.

LICENSE
       Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> and 2001-2017 Mark
       Overmeer <perl@overmeer.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 v5.38.0                      2023-07-25              Mail::Field::Date(3)