- /*
- * Try to parse the date. If this works, stash the epoch (this
- * is optimal because we can reformat it in the canonical form).
- * If it doesn't parse, isn't specified at all, or is an empty
- * string, then use the current date.
- */
-
- n = n->next;
- if (n && n->string && *n->string) {
- m->meta.date = mandoc_a2time
- (MTIME_ISO_8601, n->string);
- if (0 == m->meta.date) {
- man_nmsg(m, n, MANDOCERR_BADDATE);
- m->meta.rawdate = mandoc_strdup(n->string);
- }
- } else
- m->meta.date = time(NULL);
+ if (n)
+ n = n->next;
+ if (n)
+ pos = n->pos;
+ m->meta.date = mandoc_normdate
+ (m->parse, n ? n->string : NULL, line, pos);