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.

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

2023-07-25

perl v5.38.0