diff --git a/src/poco-test.cpp b/src/poco-test.cpp
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+/* This file is part of mingw-cross-env.       */
+/* See doc/index.html for further information. */
+
+//
+// DateTime.cpp
+//
+// $Id: //poco/1.4/Foundation/samples/DateTime/src/DateTime.cpp#1 $
+//
+// This sample demonstrates the DateTime class.
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.
+// and Contributors.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization
+// obtaining a copy of the software and accompanying documentation covered by
+// this license (the "Software") to use, reproduce, display, distribute,
+// execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works of the
+// Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to
+// do so, all subject to the following:
+//
+// The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement, including
+// the above license grant, this restriction and the following disclaimer,
+// must be included in all copies of the Software, in whole or in part, and
+// all derivative works of the Software, unless such copies or derivative
+// works are solely in the form of machine-executable object code generated by
+// a source language processor.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT
+// SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE
+// FOR ANY DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
+// ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+// DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+//
+
+
+#include "Poco/LocalDateTime.h"
+#include "Poco/DateTime.h"
+#include "Poco/DateTimeFormat.h"
+#include "Poco/DateTimeFormatter.h"
+#include "Poco/DateTimeParser.h"
+#include <iostream>
+
+
+using Poco::LocalDateTime;
+using Poco::DateTime;
+using Poco::DateTimeFormat;
+using Poco::DateTimeFormatter;
+using Poco::DateTimeParser;
+
+
+int main()
+{
+    LocalDateTime now;
+
+    std::string str = DateTimeFormatter::format(now, DateTimeFormat::ISO8601_FORMAT);
+    DateTime dt;
+    int tzd;
+    DateTimeParser::parse(DateTimeFormat::ISO8601_FORMAT, str, dt, tzd);
+    dt.makeUTC(tzd);
+    LocalDateTime ldt(tzd, dt);
+
+    std::cerr << "Current time is " << str << std::endl;
+    str = DateTimeFormatter::format(ldt, DateTimeFormat::ISO8601_FORMAT);
+    std::cerr << "Parsed current time is " << str << std::endl;
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/poco.mk b/src/poco.mk
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+# This file is part of mingw-cross-env.
+# See doc/index.html for further information.
+
+# POCO C++ Libraries
+PKG             := poco
+$(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 1.4.1
+$(PKG)_PATCHNUM := p1
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := e9810b8fc14c607626d7d3c74baf60726a61e83c
+$(PKG)_SUBDIR   := $(PKG)-$($(PKG)_VERSION)$($(PKG)_PATCHNUM)
+$(PKG)_FILE     := $(PKG)-$($(PKG)_VERSION)$($(PKG)_PATCHNUM).tar.gz
+$(PKG)_WEBSITE  := http://sourceforge.net/projects/$(PKG)/
+$(PKG)_URL      := http://$(SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR)/project/poco/sources/poco-$($(PKG)_VERSION)/$($(PKG)_FILE)
+$(PKG)_DEPS     := gcc
+
+define $(PKG)_BUILD
+    cd '$(1)' && ./configure \
+        --config=MinGW-CrossEnv \
+        --static \
+        --prefix='$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)' 
+    $(MAKE) -C '$(1)' -j '$(JOBS)' install 
+
+    '$(TARGET)-g++' -W -Wall -Werror -ansi -pedantic \
+        '$(2).cpp' -o '$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)/bin/test-poco.exe' -lPocoFoundation
+endef