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1.1     ! root        1: .TH PROMPTDATE 1 3/13/86
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: promptdate \- accept date entry and print out in specified format
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B promptdate
        !             6: [
        !             7: .B -f format
        !             8: ] [
        !             9: .B datespec
        !            10: ]
        !            11: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            12: If no format is specified, one suitable for parsing by MH
        !            13: will be used.
        !            14: .PP
        !            15: If no date is given on the command line,
        !            16: .I promptdate
        !            17: will interactively prompt for one.
        !            18: It will persist in asking for a date until
        !            19: a legal date is supplied.
        !            20: To exit, type the EOF character (normally control-d).
        !            21: .PP
        !            22: The syntax of an acceptable date specification is:
        !            23: .IP
        !            24: "today" | "tomorrow" | <dayofweek> | "+"<daysfromtoday>
        !            25: | <date> [<month> [<year>]]
        !            26: .PP
        !            27: where:
        !            28: .IP
        !            29: <dayofweek> is "sunday",...,"saturday"
        !            30: .IP
        !            31: <daysfromtoday> is an unsigned decimal number
        !            32: .IP
        !            33: <date> is a valid date for that month
        !            34: .IP
        !            35: <month> is "january",...,"december"
        !            36: .IP
        !            37: <year> is > 1970
        !            38: .PP
        !            39: Alphabetic strings may be in
        !            40: any mix of upper or lower case.
        !            41: They may also be abbreviated to
        !            42: the first three letters.
        !            43: .PP
        !            44: <dayofweek> is equivalent
        !            45: to specifying from "+1" to "+7".
        !            46: .SH AUTHOR
        !            47: Ken Yap (University of Rochester)
        !            48: .SH BUGS
        !            49: This manual page lies - the format is hardwired for MH.
        !            50: General date formatting is not implemented yet.
        !            51: .PP
        !            52: Should accept more date formats. Will be replaced by a
        !            53: user-friendlier version soon.

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