[comment {-*- tcl -*- doctools manpage}]
[manpage_begin clock_rfc2822 n 0.2]
[moddesc   {Date/Time Utilities}]
[titledesc {Parsing RFC 2822 dates/times}]
[category  {Text processing}]
[require Tcl "8.5 9"]
[require clock::rfc2822 [opt 0.2]]
[description]

This package provides functionality to parse dates in
RFC 2822 format.

[para]

[list_begin definitions]

[call [cmd {::clock::rfc2822 parse_date}] [arg date]]

This command parses an RFC2822 date string and returns
the given date in seconds since epoch. An error is thrown
if the command is unable to parse the date.

[list_end]

[vset CATEGORY clock::rfc2822]
[include ../common-text/feedback.inc]
[manpage_end]
