Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!Torgny_Tholerus_QZ%QZCOM.MAILNET@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA From: Torgny_Tholerus_QZ%QZCOM.MAILNET@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.mail.headers Subject: Checksum as a replacement for missing Message-ID. Message-ID: <9053@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 18:44:40 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.9053 Posted: Thu Mar 7 18:44:40 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 07:20:05 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 9 One problem I can see, is the DATE field. This field might look like: 13 Apr 83 17:43 BST. or: Wed Feb 20 16:07:15 1985 How do I do to find the year field or the month field? Perhaps is the best thing to treat the DATE field just like a string, in the same way as the FROM field is treated.