=head1 NAME
Mail::Field::Date - a date header field
=head1 INHERITANCE
Mail::Field::Date
is a Mail::Field
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use HTTP::Date 'time2iso';
my $field = Mail::Field->new(Date => time2iso());
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Represents one "Date" header field.
=head1 METHODS
=head2 Constructors
=over 4
=item Mail::Field::Date-E<gt>B<combine>(FIELDS)
See L<Mail::Field/"Constructors">
=item Mail::Field::Date-E<gt>B<extract>(TAG, HEAD [, INDEX ])
See L<Mail::Field/"Constructors">
=item Mail::Field::Date-E<gt>B<new>(TAG [, STRING | OPTIONS])
See L<Mail::Field/"Constructors">
=back
=head2 "Fake" constructors
=over 4
=item $obj-E<gt>B<create>(OPTIONS)
See L<Mail::Field/""Fake" constructors">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<parse>()
See L<Mail::Field/""Fake" constructors">
=back
=head2 Accessors
=over 4
=item $obj-E<gt>B<set>(OPTIONS)
-Option --Default
Time undef
TimeStr undef
=over 2
=item Time => SECONDS
=item TimeStr => STRING
A string acceptable to Date::Parse.
=back
=item $obj-E<gt>B<stringify>()
See L<Mail::Field/"Accessors">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<tag>()
=item Mail::Field::Date-E<gt>B<tag>()
See L<Mail::Field/"Accessors">
=back
=head2 Smart accessors
=over 4
=item $obj-E<gt>B<text>([STRING])
See L<Mail::Field/"Smart accessors">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<time>([TIME])
Query (or change) the TIME (as stored in the field) in seconds.
=back
=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
=over 4
=item Error: Undefined subroutine <method> called
Mail::Field objects use autoloading to compile new functionality.
Apparently, the mehod called is not implemented for the specific
class of the field object.
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
This module is part of the MailTools distribution,
F<http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/>.
=head1 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 E<lt>aas@oslonett.noE<gt>.
Mail::Field::AddrList by Peter Orbaek E<lt>poe@cit.dkE<gt>.
Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce E<lt>Tim.Bunce@ig.co.ukE<gt>.
For other contributors see ChangeLog.
=head1 LICENSE
Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr E<lt>gbarr@pobox.comE<gt> and
2001-2007 Mark Overmeer E<lt>perl@overmeer.netE<gt>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
See F<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>