NAME¶
DateTime::Format::DateParse - Parses Date::Parse compatible formats
SYNOPSIS¶
use DateTime::Format::DateParse;
my $dt = DateTime::Format::DateParse->parse_datetime( $date );
my $dt = DateTime::Format::DateParse->parse_datetime( $date, $zone );
DESCRIPTION¶
This module is a compatibility wrapper around Date::Parse.
USAGE¶
Import Parameters¶
This module accepts no arguments to it's "import" method and exports
no
symbols.
Methods¶
Class Methods
- •
- parse_datetime($date [, $zone])
Accepts a Date::Parse compatible $date string and optionally a Time::Zone
compatible $zone string.
Returns a DateTime object.
GOTCHAS¶
- •
- If parse_datetime is called on a $date that doesn't know specify a
timezone and $zone is not set, then the timezone of the returned DateTime
object will be set to the "local" timezone. This is consistent
with the behavior of Date::Parse.
- •
- If parse_datetime is called without a $zone but the $date string
does specify a timezone/offset or if parse_datetime is called with
a $zone that DateTime::TimeZone does not understand, the returned DateTime
object will have it's timezone set to a fixed offset from UTC. This means
that "DST" information is not available and date math will not
reflect "DST" transitions. This may be resolved for true
timezones by using the DateTime::TimeZone::Alias module to
"alias" the Time::Zone timezone to an Olson DB name. This may be
done automatically in a future release.
CREDITS¶
Graham Barr (GBARR) <gbarr@pobox.com>, author of Date::Parse
Everyone at the DateTime "Asylum".
SUPPORT¶
Support for this module is provided via the <datetime@perl.org> email
list. See <
http://lists.perl.org/> for more details.
AUTHOR¶
Joshua Hoblitt (JHOBLITT) <jhoblitt@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (c) 2005-6 Joshua Hoblitt. All rights reserved. This program is free
software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
Perl itself.
The full text of the licenses can be found in the
LICENSE file included
with this module, or in perlartistic and perlgpl as supplied with Perl 5.8.1
and later.
SEE ALSO¶
Date::Parse, Time::Zone, DateTime, DateTime::TimeZone,
DateTime::TimeZone::Alias, <
http://datetime.perl.org/>