DateTime::Event::NameDay - Perl DateTime extension to work with namedays from various countries.

  use DateTime::Event::NameDay;

  $nd = DateTime::Event::NameDay->new
    (country => "Sweden" , 
     date_args => {reform_date => $ref_dt} );

  @names = $nd->get_daynames( date => $dt);
  # Returns an array of the matching names

  $set = $nd->get_namedays(name => "Alfred");
  # Returns a DateTime::Set object that represents all of the 
  # namedays for Alfred

  # Alternately you can call it without using an object, but
  # now you must specify the country rather than using the
  # one (optionally) passed to the constructor
  @names = DateTime::Event::NameDay->get_daynames
               ( country => "France", date => $dt);
  $set   = DateTime::Event::NameDay->get_namedays
               ( country => "France", name => "Basile");

DateTime::Event::NameDay is a class that knows the name days for various countries. In some countries a person's nameday is more important than their birthday and gifts may be exchanged.

There are two major functions of the class, the first takes a DateTime object (of any kind) and works out the names that are associated with that day. The second takes a given name and returns a DateTime::Set object that can be used to work out what dates are for the given name.

Please note that the calculations are done using the DateTime::Calendar::Christian module to deal with dates that fall before the calendar reforms.

TODO

Ben Bennett <fiji at limey dot net>

Copyright (c) 2003 Ben Bennett. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

Portions of the code in this distribution are derived from other works. Please see the CREDITS file for more details.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

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