@node getdate
@section @code{getdate}
@findex getdate

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/getdate.html}

Gnulib module: ---

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Cygwin, mingw, BeOS.
@end itemize

Gnulib provides a module @code{parse-datetime} that contains a function
@code{parse_datetime}
that has similar functionality as the @code{getdate} function.
