DBIx::Class::DateTime::Epoch - Automatic inflation/deflation of epoch-based columns to/from DateTime objects

    package MySchema::Foo;

    use base qw( DBIx::Class );

    __PACKAGE__->load_components( qw( DateTime::Epoch TimeStamp Core ) );
    __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
        name => {
            data_type => 'varchar',
            size      => 10,
        },
        bar => { # epoch stored as an int
            data_type        => 'bigint',
            inflate_datetime => 1,
        },
        baz => { # epoch stored as a string
            data_type        => 'varchar',
            size             => 50,
            inflate_datetime => 'epoch',
        },
        # working in conjunction with DBIx::Class::TimeStamp
        creation_time => {
            data_type        => 'bigint',
            inflate_datetime => 1,
            set_on_create    => 1,
        },
        modification_time => {
            data_type        => 'bigint',
            inflate_datetime => 1,
            set_on_create    => 1,
            set_on_update    => 1,
        }
    );

This module automatically inflates/deflates DateTime objects from/to epoch values for the specified columns. This module is essentially an extension to DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::DateTime so all of the settings, including locale and timezone, are also valid.

A column will be recognized as an epoch time given one of the following scenarios:

* data_type is an int of some sort and inflate_datetime is also set to a true value

* data_type is some other value (e.g. varchar) and inflate_datetime is explicitly set to epoch.

DBIx::Class::TimeStamp can also be used in conjunction with this module to support epoch-based columns that are automatically set on creation of a row and updated subsequent modifications.

Provides backwards compatibility with the older DateTime::Epoch API.

Overrides column inflation to use Datetime->from_epoch.

Overrides column deflation to call epoch() on the column value.

* DBIx::Class

* DBIx::Class::TimeStamp

* DateTime

Brian Cassidy <bricas@cpan.org>

Adam Paynter <adapay@cpan.org>

Copyright 2006-2011 by Brian Cassidy

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