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 @node Date input formats
 @chapter Date input formats
 
+@c Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 Free Software
+@c Foundation, Inc.
+
+@c Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+@c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
+@c or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
+@c with no Invariant Sections, with no
+@c Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.
+@c A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
+@c Free Documentation License''.
+
 @cindex date input formats
 @findex getdate