(defun timezone-make-date-arpa-standard (date &optional local timezone)
"Convert DATE to an arpanet standard date.
-Optional 1st argument LOCAL specifies the default local timezone of the DATE;
+Optional 2nd argument LOCAL specifies the default local timezone of the DATE;
if nil, GMT is assumed.
-Optional 2nd argument TIMEZONE specifies a time zone to be represented in;
+Optional 3rd argument TIMEZONE specifies a time zone to be represented in;
if nil, the local time zone is assumed."
(let ((new (timezone-fix-time date local timezone)))
(timezone-make-arpa-date (aref new 0) (aref new 1) (aref new 2)
(defun timezone-make-date-sortable (date &optional local timezone)
"Convert DATE to a sortable date string.
-Optional 1st argument LOCAL specifies the default local timezone of the DATE;
+Optional 2nd argument LOCAL specifies the default local timezone of the DATE;
if nil, GMT is assumed.
-Optional 2nd argument TIMEZONE specifies a timezone to be represented in;
+Optional 3rd argument TIMEZONE specifies a timezone to be represented in;
if nil, the local time zone is assumed."
(let ((new (timezone-fix-time date local timezone)))
(timezone-make-sortable-date (aref new 0) (aref new 1) (aref new 2)
(5) 22-AUG-1993 10:59:12.82
(6) Thu, 11 Apr 16:17:12 91 [MET]
(7) Mon, 6 Jul 16:47:20 T 1992 [MET]
- (8) 1996-06-24 21:13:12 [GMT]"
+ (8) 1996-06-24 21:13:12 [GMT]
+ (9) 1996-06-24 21:13-ZONE"
;; Get rid of any text properties.
(and (stringp date)
(or (text-properties-at 0 date)
(time nil)
(zone nil)) ;This may be nil.
(cond ((string-match
+ "\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([^ \t,]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+:[0-9:]+\\)[ \t]*\\([-+a-zA-Z0-9]+\\)" date)
+ ;; Styles: (1) and (2) with timezone and buggy timezone
+ ;; This is most common in mail and news,
+ ;; so it is worth trying first.
+ (setq year 3 month 2 day 1 time 4 zone 5))
+ ((string-match
+ "\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([^ \t,]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+:[0-9:]+\\)[ \t]*\\'" date)
+ ;; Styles: (1) and (2) without timezone
+ (setq year 3 month 2 day 1 time 4 zone nil))
+ ((string-match
"\\([^ \t,]+\\),[ \t]+\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([^ \t,]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+:[0-9:]+\\)[ \t]+\\(T[ \t]+\\|\\)\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]*\\'" date)
;; Styles: (6) and (7) without timezone
(setq year 6 month 3 day 2 time 4 zone nil))
"\\([^ \t,]+\\),[ \t]+\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([^ \t,]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+:[0-9:]+\\)[ \t]+\\(T[ \t]+\\|\\)\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]*\\([-+a-zA-Z0-9]+\\)" date)
;; Styles: (6) and (7) with timezone and buggy timezone
(setq year 6 month 3 day 2 time 4 zone 7))
- ((string-match
- "\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([^ \t,]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+:[0-9:]+\\)[ \t]*\\'" date)
- ;; Styles: (1) and (2) without timezone
- (setq year 3 month 2 day 1 time 4 zone nil))
- ((string-match
- "\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([^ \t,]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+:[0-9:]+\\)[ \t]*\\([-+a-zA-Z0-9]+\\)" date)
- ;; Styles: (1) and (2) with timezone and buggy timezone
- (setq year 3 month 2 day 1 time 4 zone 5))
((string-match
"\\([^ \t,]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+:[0-9:]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+\\)" date)
;; Styles: (3) without timezone
;; Styles: (4) with timezone
(setq year 3 month 2 day 1 time 4 zone 5))
((string-match
- "\\([0-9]+\\)-\\([A-Za-z]+\\)-\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+:[0-9]+:[0-9]+\\)\\.[0-9]+" date)
+ "\\([0-9]+\\)-\\([A-Za-z]+\\)-\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+:[0-9]+:[0-9]+\\)\\(\\.[0-9]+\\)?[ \t]+\\([-+a-zA-Z0-9]+\\)" date)
+ ;; Styles: (5) with timezone.
+ (setq year 3 month 2 day 1 time 4 zone 6))
+ ((string-match
+ "\\([0-9]+\\)-\\([A-Za-z]+\\)-\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+:[0-9]+:[0-9]+\\)\\(\\.[0-9]+\\)?" date)
;; Styles: (5) without timezone.
(setq year 3 month 2 day 1 time 4 zone nil))
((string-match
"\\([0-9]+\\)-\\([0-9]+\\)-\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+:[0-9]+:[0-9]+\\)[ \t]*\\([-+a-zA-Z0-9]+\\)" date)
;; Styles: (8) with timezone.
(setq year 1 month 2 day 3 time 4 zone 5))
+ ((string-match
+ "\\([0-9]+\\)-\\([0-9]+\\)-\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+:[0-9]+\\)[ \t]*\\([-+a-zA-Z0-9:]+\\)" date)
+ ;; Styles: (8) with timezone with a colon in it.
+ (setq year 1 month 2 day 3 time 4 zone 5))
((string-match
"\\([0-9]+\\)-\\([0-9]+\\)-\\([0-9]+\\)[ \t]+\\([0-9]+:[0-9]+:[0-9]+\\)" date)
;; Styles: (8) without timezone.