From: tgll@datasci.co.uk (Tim Lyons)
Subject: Help wanted on Unparsable dates
Reply-To: tgll@datasci.co.uk (Tim Lyons)
Organization: Data Sciences, Farnborough, Hampshire, UK
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:26:22 GMT

I am getting a large number of Unparsable date errors, as shown in
the extracts below.  (Sorry I don't know which articles the expire
errors come from).  This seems to be many more errors than in the
University of Kentuckey error list.  Am I doing something 
wrong? (I am running B-news Version 2.11)  Is there some change
I should have made to my getdate routine, or are there
just a lot of incorrect values being transmitted?

Thanks for any help,
Tim Lyons

<Bs7VTB1w163w@rebell.rmt.sub.org>  "Sun, 08 Nov 92 00:22:34 MEZ"
<92314.161539BTITMARS@ESOC.BITNET>  "Monday, 9 Nov 1992 16:15:39 CET"
<1689BE0B4.C96@vm.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>  "Tue, 10 Nov 92 15:58:42 CET"
<921109150@fcshome.UUCP>  "Mon, 9 Nov 92 18:41:33 EST5"
<GIS-L%92111014205581@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU>  "Tue, 10 Nov 1992 10:07:37 BRA"
<1992Nov10.181612.12923@pcsbst.pcs.com>  "Tue, 10 Nov 1992 18:16:12 MEZ"
<1992Nov10.181618.12955@pcsbst.pcs.com>  "Tue, 10 Nov 1992 18:16:18 MEZ"
news expire: Unparsable date "December 3 1992"
<1992Nov11.190500.4001@wvnvms.wvnet.edu>  "11 Nov 92 19:05:00 SYS$TIME_ZONE"
<1992Nov11.190106.4000@wvnvms.wvnet.edu>  "11 Nov 92 19:01:06 SYS$TIME_ZONE"
<1992Nov11.191112.4004@wvnvms.wvnet.edu>  "11 Nov 92 19:11:12 SYS$TIME_ZONE"
<4qo5TB5w165w@CODEWKS.nacjack.gen.nz>  "Thu, 12 Nov 92 01:31:26 NZST"
<19921112.103847.846@almaden.ibm.com>  "Thu, 12 Nov 92 19:39:10 CET"
<92317.170516KCHAN@ESOC.BITNET>  "Thursday, 12 Nov 1992 17:05:16 CET"
news expire: Unparsable date "December 3 1992"
<TZ06TB1w165w@stam.nl>  "Fri, 13 Nov 92 11:07:52 CET"
<fVdXweJ@quack.sac.ca.us>  "13 Nov 1992 15:06:41 UTC"
<19921113.050730.479@almaden.ibm.com>  "Fri, 13 Nov 92 14:06:41 CET"
news expire: Unparsable date "December 3 1992"
<GIS-L%92111315480371@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU>  "Thu, 12 Nov 1992 16:06:05 LCL"
<JXV1TB1w164w@ponton.hanse.de>  "Tue, 10 Nov 92 12:16:06 MEZ"
<92317.1453239051413@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at>  "Thursday, 12 Nov 1992 14:53:22 CET"
<92318.140834CTIRABAS@ESTEC.BITNET>  "Friday, 13 Nov 1992 14:08:34 CET"
<92318.142107SLYNENSK@ESOC.BITNET>  "Friday, 13 Nov 1992 14:21:07 CET"
<JP47TB2w165w@CODEWKS.nacjack.gen.nz>  "Fri, 13 Nov 92 08:49:42 NZST"
<B147TB4w165w@CODEWKS.nacjack.gen.nz>  "Fri, 13 Nov 92 08:56:10 NZST"
<Hq57TB5w165w@CODEWKS.nacjack.gen.nz>  "Fri, 13 Nov 92 09:11:52 NZST"
<fVfuOg1@quack.sac.ca.us>  "14 Nov 1992 04:21:50 UTC"
<fVfuOfH@quack.sac.ca.us>  "14 Nov 1992 04:21:37 UTC"
<1992Nov14.002806.4029@wvnvms.wvnet.edu>  "14 Nov 92 00:28:05 SYS$TIME_ZONE"
<alien.010i@acheron.amigans.gen.nz>  "13 Nov 92 17:06:30 GMT+12"
news expire: Unparsable date "never!"
<1992Nov14.132824.4834@black.toppoint.de>  "Sat, 14 Nov 1992 13:28:24 GMT+0100"
<alien.013g@acheron.amigans.gen.nz>  "15 Nov 92 11:04:38 GMT+12"
<92318.201304RFLOOD@ESOC.BITNET>  "Friday, 13 Nov 1992 20:13:04 CET"
<92317.162913CEVDET@TRMETU.BITNET>  "Thursday, 12 Nov 1992 16:29:12 TUR"
<92317.164054CEVDET@TRMETU.BITNET>  "Thursday, 12 Nov 1992 16:40:54 TUR"
<MAILQUEUE-101.921116095823.480@geog.aukuni.ac.nz>  "Mon, 16 Nov 1992 09:58:23 GMT+1300"
<4pth7vJIDk@DATA-HH.zer.sub.org>  "Sun, 15 Nov 1992 16:24:00 CET"
<gX39TB1w165w@CODEWKS.nacjack.gen.nz>  "Sat, 14 Nov 92 10:28:03 NZST"
<dieter03186921014203151@dischw.toppoint.de>  "Sat, 14 Nov 92 20:31:51 MEZ"
<1992Nov15.165704.38@ittpub.nl>  "15 Nov 92 16:57:04 WET+0100"
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