1Email::Date::Format(3)User Contributed Perl DocumentationEmail::Date::Format(3)
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6 Email::Date::Format - produce RFC 2822 date strings
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9 version 1.008
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12 use Email::Date::Format qw(email_date);
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14 my $header = email_date($date->epoch);
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24 This module provides a simple means for generating an RFC 2822
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26 dates, because they use a four digit year, which is not allowed in RFC
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30 This library should run on perls released even a long time ago. It
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43 "email_date" accepts an epoch value, such as the one returned by
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48 "email_date" is exported only if requested.
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53 "email_gmdate" is identical to "email_date", but it will return a
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57 "email_gmdate" is exported only if requested.
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60 • Casey West
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62 • Ricardo SIGNES <cpan@semiotic.systems>
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65 • bitcardbmw@lsmod.de <bitcardbmw@lsmod.de>
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67 • Eric Sproul <esproul@omniti.com>
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69 • Ricardo Signes <rjbs@semiotic.systems>
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72 This software is copyright (c) 2004 by Casey West.
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74 This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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79perl v5.36.0 2023-01-21 Email::Date::Format(3)