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+.TH PROMPTDATE 1 3/13/86
+.SH NAME
+promptdate \- accept date entry and print out in specified format
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B promptdate
+[
+.B -f format
+] [
+.B datespec
+]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+If no format is specified, one suitable for parsing by MH
+will be used.
+.PP
+If no date is given on the command line,
+.I promptdate
+will interactively prompt for one.
+It will persist in asking for a date until
+a legal date is supplied.
+To exit, type the EOF character (normally control-d).
+.PP
+The syntax of an acceptable date specification is:
+.IP
+"today" | "tomorrow" | <dayofweek> | "+"<daysfromtoday>
+| <date> [<month> [<year>]]
+.PP
+where:
+.IP
+<dayofweek> is "sunday",...,"saturday"
+.IP
+<daysfromtoday> is an unsigned decimal number
+.IP
+<date> is a valid date for that month
+.IP
+<month> is "january",...,"december"
+.IP
+<year> is > 1970
+.PP
+Alphabetic strings may be in
+any mix of upper or lower case.
+They may also be abbreviated to
+the first three letters.
+.PP
+<dayofweek> is equivalent
+to specifying from "+1" to "+7".
+.SH AUTHOR
+Ken Yap (University of Rochester)
+.SH BUGS
+This manual page lies - the format is hardwired for MH.
+General date formatting is not implemented yet.
+.PP
+Should accept more date formats. Will be replaced by a
+user-friendlier version soon.