#!/bin/rc

TFILE = $home/lib/newsrc/newgroupstime

then = `{cat $TFILE}
now = `{date -u | awk '{
	m2num["Jan"] = "01"
	m2num["Feb"] = "02"
	m2num["Mar"] = "03"
	m2num["Apr"] = "04"
	m2num["May"] = "05"
	m2num["Jun"] = "06"
	m2num["Jul"] = "07"
	m2num["Aug"] = "08"
	m2num["Sep"] = "09"
	m2num["Oct"] = "10"
	m2num["Nov"] = "11"
	m2num["Dec"] = "12"
	gsub(":", "", $4)
	printf "%s%s%02d %s GMT", substr($6, 3, 2), m2num[$2], $3, $4
}'}

echo $now >$TFILE

telnet -n tcp!news-text.blueyonder.co.uk!nntp >[2]/dev/null <<EOF
NEWGROUPS $then
QUIT
EOF
