Function: gnus-date-get-time

gnus-date-get-time is a macro defined in gnus-util.el.gz.

Signature

(gnus-date-get-time DATE)

Documentation

Convert DATE string to Emacs time.

Cache the result as a text property stored in DATE.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/gnus/gnus-util.el.gz
(defmacro gnus-date-get-time (date)
  "Convert DATE string to Emacs time.
Cache the result as a text property stored in DATE."
  ;; Either return the cached value...
  `(let ((d ,date))
     (if (equal "" d)
	 '(0 0)
       (or (get-text-property 0 'gnus-time d)
	   ;; or compute the value...
	   (let ((time (safe-date-to-time d)))
	     ;; and store it back in the string.
	     (put-text-property 0 1 'gnus-time time d)
	     time)))))