NAME

       Debian::L10n::Utils - Utilities for the dl10n tools

   parse_subject(SUBJECT)
       parse_subject extract valuable informations from a subject line.

       It gets a string containing the subject line (SUBJECT).

       It returns an array containing the status, type, filename strings and bug number if
       provided or 'undef' if no status is found.

   parse_from(FROM)
       parse_from extract the sender name from the 'From:' field.

       The name is build from the phrase part of the field, or if none is found, from the comment
       part where parentheses are removed, or if none is found, from the address where all non-
       alphanumeric characters are turned into spaces.

       It gets a string containing the 'From:' field (FROM).

       It returns a string containing the name.

   parse_date(DATE)
       parse_date extract the date from a 'Date:' field.

       It gets a string containing the 'Date:' field (DATE).

       It returns a string containing the date in ISO format yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss AXhh:mm based on
       GMT

LICENSE

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
       version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
       without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
       See the GNU General Public License for more details.  # You should have received a copy of
       the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
       Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

COPYRIGHT (C)

        2003,2004 Tim Dijkstra
        2004 Nicolas Bertolissio
        2004 Martin Quinson
        2008 Nicolas FranA~Xois