DateTime::Format::Baby - Parse and format baby-style time

  use DateTime::Format::Baby;

  my $Baby = DateTime::Format::Baby->new('en');
  my $dt = $Baby->parse_datetime('The big hand is on the twelve and the little hand is on the six.');

  $Baby->language('fr');

  # La grande aiguille est sur le douze et la petite aiguille est sur le six>
  $Baby->format_datetime($dt);

This module understands baby talk in a variety of languages.

This class offers the following methods.

* parse_datetime($string)

Given baby talk, this method will return a new DateTime object.

For some languages (en de, es, fr and it) parsing uses a regexp on various synonyms for 'big' and 'little'. For all other languages, the module only understands the same phrase that it would give using format_datetime().

If given baby talk that it can't parse, this method may either die or get confused. Don't try things like "The big and little hands are on the six and five, respectively."

* format_datetime($datetime)

Given a DateTime object, this methods returns baby talk. Remember though that babies only understand time (even then, without am/pm)

* language($language)

When given a language, this method sets its language appropriately.

This method returns the current language. (After processing as above)

* languages()

This method return a list of known languages.

Support for this module is provided via the datetime@perl.org email list. See http://lists.perl.org/ for more details.

Baby talk does not implement years, months, days or even AM/PM. It's more for amusement than anything else.

Rick Measham <rickm@cpan.org> (BigLug on PerlMonks)

This code is a DateTime version of Acme::Time::Baby (copyright 2002 by Abigail) with the ability to parse strings added by Rick Measham.

Abigail's original module contained a language list that is plagarised here. See the documentation for Acme::Time::Baby for language acknowledgements.

If you have additional language data for this module, please also pass it on to Abigail. This module is not meant to replace the original. Rather it is a DateTime port of that module.

This program is copyright 2003 by Rick Measham

This program is based on code that is copyright 2002 by Abigail.

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