+char *
+mandoc_normdate(struct mparse *parse, char *in, int ln, int pos)
+{
+ char *out;
+ time_t t;
+
+ if (NULL == in || '\0' == *in ||
+ 0 == strcmp(in, "$" "Mdocdate$")) {
+ mandoc_msg(MANDOCERR_DATE_MISSING, parse, ln, pos, NULL);
+ time(&t);
+ }
+ else if (a2time(&t, "%Y-%m-%d", in))
+ t = 0;
+ else if (!a2time(&t, "$" "Mdocdate: %b %d %Y $", in) &&
+ !a2time(&t, "%b %d, %Y", in)) {
+ mandoc_msg(MANDOCERR_DATE_BAD, parse, ln, pos, NULL);
+ t = 0;
+ }
+ out = t ? time2a(t) : NULL;
+ return(out ? out : mandoc_strdup(in));
+}