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This one caught me completely by surprise. In looking for date-handling
functions supported on HP-UX 10.10 (via man -k date), the list included:

        calendar        Return an MPE calendar date.
        clock           Return an MPE clock value.

There's also a man page (man portnls) that describes what appears to be
ALL of the Native Language Support (NLS) routines, saying

        These routines are also available in the HP MPE operating system.

While I don't believe these help me with my original date validation and
arithmetic needs, this is nonetheless a nice surprise.

(Incidentally, 'man -k mpe' returns nothing more than this.)

--Glenn "wishing I had the cash when Apple stock was $13" Cole
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