#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Date::Roman;
use Getopt::Long qw(:config require_order);
my %args = ();

GetOptions ("args=s" => \%args) || die "Bad options to RomanDate";;

my $date;

if (@ARGV == 3) {
  my ($day,$month,$year) = @ARGV;
  $date = Date::Roman->new(day => $day, month => $month, year => $year);
}
elsif (@ARGV == 0) {
  $date = Date::Roman->new();
}
else {
  die "Bad parameter number";
}
print $date->as_string(%args),"\n";

sub usage {

print STDERR<<EOU;
usage: $0 [--args arg=value ...] [day month year]

EOU

}

__END__


=head1 NAME

RomanDate - Print the Roman date corresponding to a given Christian date.

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  RomanDate [--args arg=value --args arg=value ...] [day month year]


=head2 OPTIONS

There is only one option, namely C<args>. This option can appears
multiple times, each time followed by a string in the form
C<arg=value>. arg, value pairs are those of the C<as_string> method of
the L<Date::Roman> class.


=head2 ARGUMENTS

C<RomanDate> can be invoked either with exactly three arguments or
with none at all. In the first case, the argument must be numerical
and are interpreted as the day, month and year number respectively. In
the second case, the script prints the current date.


=head1 DESCRIPTION

This script is a utilization sample of L<Date::Roman>. Given a
Christian date, it prints on standard out the corresponding date in
the Roman format (see the L<Date::Roman> man page for more details
about the Roman calendar).

=head1 EXAMPLES

  RomanDate 19 7 1961

prints I<a.d. XIV Kal. Aug. MMDCCXIV AUC>.

  RomanDate --args words=complete --args auc=abbrev 19 7 1961

prints I<ante diem XIV Kalendas Augustas MMDCCXIV AUC>

  RomanDate

prints the current date in the Roman form. 



=head1 AUTHOR

Leo Cacciari, aka TheHobbit E<lt>thehobbit@altern.orgE<gt>

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND  DISCLAIMER

This software is Copyright 2002 by Leo Cacciari.  This software is free
software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
the Perl Artistic License, either as stated in the enclosed LICENSE
file or (at your option) as given on the Perl home site: 
http://www.perl.com/language/misc/Artistic.html

=head1 BUGS

I dont know if this qualify as a bug. Anyhow, the scripts oly accepts
dates in the format day month year.


=head1 SEE ALSO

The L<Date::Roman> man page.

=cut