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.


=head1 METHODS

Extends ``METHODS'' in Mail::Field.


=head2 Constructors

Extends ``Constructors'' in Mail::Field.


=over 4

Mail::Field::Date->combine($fields): Inherited, see Constructors in the Mail::Field manpage
Mail::Field::Date->extract( $tag, $head [, $index ] ): Inherited, see Constructors in the Mail::Field manpage
Mail::Field::Date->new( $tag [, STRING | %options] ): Inherited, see Constructors in the Mail::Field manpage

``Fake'' constructors

Extends ``''Fake`` constructors'' in Mail::Field.


=over 4

$obj->create(%options): Inherited, see ``Fake'' constructors in the Mail::Field manpage
$obj->parse(): Inherited, see ``Fake'' constructors in the Mail::Field manpage

Accessors

Extends ``Accessors'' in Mail::Field.


=over 4

$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 the Mail::Field manpage

$obj->tag()

Mail::Field::Date->tag()

Inherited, see Accessors in the Mail::Field manpage

Smart accessors

Extends ``Smart accessors'' in Mail::Field.


=over 4

$obj->text( [STRING] ): Inherited, see Smart accessors in the Mail::Field manpage
$obj->time( [$time] ): Query (or change) the $time (as stored in the field) in seconds.

DETAILS

Extends ``DETAILS'' in Mail::Field.


=head1 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

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