debian man page for xmltv::date

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NAME
       XMLTV::Date - Date parsing routines for the xmltv package

SEE ALSO
       Date::Manip

"parse_date()"
       Wrapper for "Date::Manip::ParseDate()" that does two things: firstly, if the year is not specified it chooses between last year, this year
       and next year depending on which date would be closest to now.  (If only one of those dates is valid, for example because day-of-week is
       specified, then the valid one is chosen; if the time can only be parsed without adding an explicit year then that is chosen.)  Secondly, an
       exception is thrown if the date cannot be parsed.

       Argument is a single string.

perl v5.14.2							    2010-04-24								 Date(3pm)