From: Bob Rogers Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 17:01:01 -0500 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 11:29:44 -0800 * I suggest preferring the symbol 'rfc-email' for parsing email-related dates, for consistency with the --rfc-email option of GNU 'date'. This should use the current RFC (5322 now, perhaps updated later). The only update I saw at https://www.rfc-editor.org (RFC6854) only affects addressing syntax. I started with RFC822 and RFC2822 because I had copies of these lying around; you're right that I should have looked for more recent standards. And using rfc-email as a synonym for the latest version is a good idea. FYI, there is no substantial difference between RFC2822 and RFC5322 in date/time syntax. They hide the whitespace in different productions, but the end result is the same. So I'll change the format name to rfc5322 and add rfc-email as a synonym. -- Bob