Mdate++ 1.4.0  Copyright(c) 1998-2003 Sean Dwyer <ewe2@can.org.au>
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Mdate++ is really Mdate 1.2.8 rewritten in C++, folding in libmdate 0.0.5, and
missing autoconf facilities. It is distributed under the terms of the GNU
General Public License version 2.

This version conforms to the GNU getopt command-line conventions (with help
from gengetopt) and introduces new correlation options. More features will be
added as requested, now that the parser is actually sane. This version also
follows the mplayer internationalization method, which is simpler than
standard GNU i18n, although it requires recompilation.

For those new to the mdate utilities, Mdate++ outputs simple Mayan dates for
casual use or for use by other programs (e.g. mailers and editors). There are
very few freely-available Mayan date programs which concerned me enough to
attempt one.

This release is a major update, including important new options for
configuration, date formatting like date(1), and of course, bugfixes.

Installation
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Check the config.h for any defines you may need to change. Please READ the
comments in there, they will help I hope. Basically, if you're running a BSD,
or GNU related system, you can pretty much leave things as they are. I develop
on a Debian woody x86 system which is as compatible as they come. Also edit
lang.h for your preferred language, and the Makefile of course for your
system's special needs.

Just type make, and put the executable wherever you like. Users of previous
mdates may like to rename/remove older versions. Put mdate.1 in your favourite
man1 directory.

It is assumed that you're using GNU C/C++ and GNU Make; unfortunately I have
no access to different OS's and architectures. You are encouraged to add a
target or defines so that others might benefit and enjoy Mdate.


Suggested Usage
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Something nice and terse for an email line might be:

mdate -d '10 09 2003' '+@l @t @h'
which gives you:

12.19.10.10.08 05 Lamat 16 Mol
