Mail::Message::Field::Date

INHERITANCE

 Mail::Message::Field::Date
   is a Mail::Message::Field::Structured
   is a Mail::Message::Field::Full
   is a Mail::Message::Field
   is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

  my $f = Mail::Message::Field->new(Date => time);
  my $date = $f->date;  # cleaned-up and validated.

Dates are a little more tricky than it should be: the formatting permits a few constructs more than other RFCs use for timestamps. For instance, a small subset of timezone abbreviations are permitted.

The studied date field will reformat the content into a standard form.

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

OVERLOADED

Extends "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

overload: "" stringification: Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field::Full
overload: 0+ numification: Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field
overload: <=> numeric comparison: Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field
overload: bool boolean: Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field
overload: cmp string comparison: Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field

METHODS

Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

Constructors

Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$obj->clone()

Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Message::Field

$class->from($field, %options)

Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Message::Field::Full

$class->new($data)

Inherited, see "METHODS" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured

 -Option    --Defined in                      --Default
  attributes  Mail::Message::Field::Structured  <ignored>
  charset     Mail::Message::Field::Full        undef
  datum       Mail::Message::Field::Structured  undef
  encoding    Mail::Message::Field::Full        'q'
  force       Mail::Message::Field::Full        false
  language    Mail::Message::Field::Full        undef

attributes => \@attributes|\%attributes
charset => $charset
datum => $date
encoding => 'q'|'Q'|'b'|'B'
force => BOOLEAN
language => $language

» example:

  my $mmfd = 'Mail::Message::Field::Date';
  my $f = $mmfd->new(Date => time);

Attributes

Extends "Attributes" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

The field

Extends "The field" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$any->isStructured( [$name] ): Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->length(): Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->nrLines(): Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->print( [$fh] ): Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->size(): Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->string( [$wrap] ): Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->toDisclose(): Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field

Access to the name

Extends "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$obj->Name(): Inherited, see "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->name(): Inherited, see "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->wellformedName( [STRING] ): Inherited, see "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field

Access to the body

Extends "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$obj->body(): Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->decodedBody(%options): Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field::Full
$obj->folded(): Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->foldedBody( [$body] ): Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field
$any->stripCFWS( [STRING] ): Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->unfoldedBody( [$body, [$wrap]] ): Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field

Access to the content

Extends "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$obj->addAttribute(...): Attributes are not supported for date fields.
$obj->addresses(): Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->attrPairs(): Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured
$obj->attribute( $object|<STRING, %options>|<$name,$value,%options> ): Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured
$obj->attributes(): Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured
$obj->beautify(): Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field::Full
$obj->comment( [STRING] ): Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field
$any->createComment(STRING, %options): Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field::Full
$any->createPhrase(STRING, %options): Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field::Full
$obj->study(): Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->time(): Convert date into a timestamp, as produced with POSIX::time().
$any->toDate( [$time] ): Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->toInt(): Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field

Other methods

Extends "Other methods" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$any->dateToTimestamp(STRING): Inherited, see "Other methods" in Mail::Message::Field

Internals

Extends "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$obj->consume( $line | <$name,<$body|$objects>> ): Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field
$any->decode(STRING, %options): Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field::Full
$obj->defaultWrapLength( [$length] ): Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->encode(STRING, %options): Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field::Full
$any->fold( $name, $body, [$maxchars] ): Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->setWrapLength( [$length] ): Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->stringifyData(STRING|ARRAY|$objects): Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field
$obj->unfold(STRING): Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field

Parsing

Extends "Parsing" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$any->consumeComment(STRING): Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Message::Field::Full
$obj->consumeDotAtom(STRING): Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Message::Field::Full
$any->consumePhrase(STRING): Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Message::Field::Full
$obj->datum( [$value] ): Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured
$obj->parse(STRING): Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Message::Field::Full
$obj->produceBody(): Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Message::Field::Full

Error handling

Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$obj->AUTOLOAD(): Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->notImplemented(): Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

Cleanup

Extends "Cleanup" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$obj->DESTROY(): Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

DETAILS

Extends "DETAILS" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

DIAGNOSTICS

Error: class $package does not implement method $method.: Fatal error: the specific $package (or one of its superclasses) does not implement this method where it should. This message means that some other related classes do implement this method however the class at hand does not. Probably you should investigate this and probably inform the author of the package. Cast by notImplemented()
Warning: field content is not numerical: $content: The numeric value of a field is requested (for instance the "Lines" or "Content-Length" fields should be numerical), however the data contains weird characters. Cast by toInt()
Error: field name too long (max $count), in '$name'.: It is not specified in the RFCs how long a field name can be, but at least it should be a few characters shorter than the line wrap. Cast by fold()
Warning: illegal character in charset '$name'.: The field is created with an utf8 string which only contains data from the specified character set. However, that character set can never be a valid name because it contains characters which are not permitted. Cast by encode()
Warning: illegal character in field name $name.: A new field is being created which does contain characters not permitted by the RFCs. Using this field in messages may break other e-mail clients or transfer agents, and therefore mutulate or extinguish your message. Cast by consume()
Warning: illegal character in language '$name'.: The field is created with data which is specified to be in a certain language, however, the name of the language cannot be valid: it contains characters which are not permitted by the RFCs. Cast by encode()
Warning: illegal encoding '$name', using 'q'.: The RFCs only permit base64 ("b " or "B ") or quoted-printable ("q" or "Q") encoding. Other than these four options are illegal. Cast by encode()
Error: no attributes for date fields.: It is not possible to add attributes to date fields: it is not permitted by the RFCs. Cast by addAttribute()

LICENSE

For contributors see file ChangeLog.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

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