dates.dtx (C) Frank Bennett 1996, 1997 This package provides facilities for parsing a string of dates in a loosely structured format, returning the result in an orderly fashion in count register. The parser, meant to be called by other packages, is extensible, and full documentation is provided. A demonstration file is included in the distribution which shows off its major features. This package also requires the overword package, also on CTAN. Current version: 1.3 Feb 17 1997 Frank Bennett fb@soas.ac.uk