a> can not recognize every time pattern
      that has been used by various people, it does recognize
      nearly all patterns that you use when you want to communicate
      outside your particular circle of colleagues.
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<h4><a name="Examples">Examples</a></h4>
<PRE>
   Suppose you need to create time strings similar to the
   default time string produced by the UNIX utility &quot;date&quot;
   (for example a string of the form &quot;Thu Aug 01 09:47:16 PDT 1996&quot;)

   Make the following string 