--- a/docs/noffle.conf.5	Tue Mar 26 17:52:48 2002 +0000
+++ b/docs/noffle.conf.5	Tue May 14 15:25:45 2002 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .TH noffle.conf 5
-.\" $Id: noffle.conf.5 365 2002-02-08 17:06:47Z bears $
+.\" $Id: noffle.conf.5 381 2002-05-14 14:25:45Z mirkol $
 
 .SH NAME
 noffle.conf \- Configuration file for NOFFLE news server
@@ -406,12 +406,38 @@
 Matches if the number of articles referenced by the article is less
 than, equal to, or greater than the given number.
 .PP
+.B reference
+=
+.IR "<regular expression>" .
+Matches if one of the message IDs in the reference line matches the
+given regular expression. See the section on regular expressions below.
+.PP
 .B xposts
 < or = or >
 .IR <number> .
 Matches if the number of groups the article is posted to is less
 than, equal to, or greater than the given number.
 .PP
+.B date
+< or = or >
+.IR "<date expression>" .
+Matches if the article is older, from the same day or newer than the
+given date expression. See the section on date expressions below.
+.PP
+.B older
+=
+.IR "<date expression>" .
+Equals
+.B date <
+.
+.PP
+.B newer
+=
+.IR "<date expression>" .
+Equals
+.B date >
+.
+.PP
 .B post-status 
 =
 .IR "mod|yes|no" .
@@ -447,6 +473,29 @@
 text. A full description is to be found in 
 .BR regex (7).
 
+.SH DATE EXPRESSIONS
+
+.B NOFFLE
+uses very simple date expressions. You can use fixed dates in rfc-2822 style
+or variable dates:
+.PP
+.I date="14 May 2002 18:32:50 +0200"
+matches any article sent up to 24 hours before or after the above fixed date.
+Please don't forget the timezone specification.
+.PP
+.I date>"now+1.5"
+matches any article newer than 36 hours from the current date.
+.PP
+.I date="lastupdate-14"
+matches any article older than 14 days since the date of the last
+.B noffle --fetch
+or
+.B noffle --query groups
+from the current newsserver.
+.PP
+.I date="invalid"
+matches any article with an invalid date header.
+.PP
 .SH SEE ALSO
 
 .BR noffle (1)