CatalystX::Usul::Time - Class methods for date and time manipulation

$Revision: 576 $

   use parent qw(CatalystX::Usul::Time);

This module implements a few simple time related methods

Inherited by the base class the methods in this module are available to both controllers and models

   $self->nap( $period );

Sleep for a given number of seconds. The sleep time can be a fraction of a second

   $iso_string = $self->stamp( $time );

Return a date time stamp in ISO format (%Y-%m-%d %H:%M). Defaults to current time if non supplied

   $date_time = $self->str2date_time( $dstr, $zone );

Parse a date time string and return a DateTime object. Timezone optional

   $time = $self->str2date_time( $dstr, $zone );

Parse a date time string and return the number of seconds elapsed since the epoch. This subroutine is copyright (c) 1995 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. It has been modified to treat 9/11 as the ninth day in November. Timezone optional

   $time_string = $self->time2str( $format, $time );

Returns a formatted string representation of the given time (supplied in seconds elapsed since the epoch)

None

None

DateTime::Format::Epoch

Time::HiRes

Time::Local

Time::Zone

There are no known incompatibilities in this module.

There are no known bugs in this module. Please report problems to the address below. Patches are welcome

Peter Flanigan, <Support at RoxSoft.co.uk>

Copyright (c) 2008 Peter Flanigan. All rights reserved

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE