If you have Date::Manip 5.xx installed (which is the case if you

have a perl version less than 5.010), the examples are included

in the Date::Manip man page.

If you have Date::Manip 6.xx installed, examples are included

in the Date::Manip::Examples man page, and in this directory.

This directory contains two scripts which use Date::Manip to

duplicate the functionality of two common unix scripts.

The dm_date script duplicates the functionality of the unix 'date'

command with a few differences.

   o  It does not include the functionality to set the

      system date.

   o  The date strings that can be read (using the -d

      or -f options) are anything that Date::Manip can

      parse.

   o  The format string is any string suitable for passing

      to the Date::Manip::Date::printf function.

The dm_zdump duplicates the functionality of the unix 'zdump'

command. This should be a drop-in replacement for the zdump

command except that the first two lines and the last two lines

of zdump output do not contain any useful output. The dm_zdump

command does not reproduce these lines.