dp

PURPOSE

     Parses and reformats dates.

SYNOPSIS
     dp [-form file -format string][-width num] date ...

     dp -help


DESCRIPTION

     The dp command  is used to parse and  reformat dates.  dp
     is not  designed to be  run directly  by the user;  it is
     designed to be  called by other programs.  The dp command
     is  typically  called by  its  full  path name.   The  dp
     command is part of the MH (Message Handling) package.

     The dp command parses each string specified as a date and
     attempts  to reformat  the  string.   The default  output
     format  for dp  is the  ARPA RFC822  standard.  For  each
     string  it  is unable  to  parse,  dp displays  an  error
     message.

FLAGS

     -form file      Reformats the given dates into the alter-
                     nate format described in file.
     -format string  Reformats the given dates into the alter-
                     nate  format  specified by  string.   The
                     default format string is:

                       %<(nodate{date})error:%{date}%|%(putstr(pretty{date}))%>

     -help           Displays   help   information   for   the
                     command.
     -width num      Sets the  maximum number of  columns that
                     dp uses  to display dates and  error mes-
                     sages.  The  default is the width  of the
                     display.

FILES

     $HOME/.mh_profile    The MH user profile.

RELATED INFORMATION

     The MH command "ap."

     The  mh-format  and  mh-profile files  in  AIX  Operating
     System Technical Reference.

     The "Overview  of the  Message Handling Package"  in Man-
     aging the AIX Operating System.