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, } );
There have been no assumptions made as to what RDBMS you will be using. As per the note in the DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::DateTime documentation, you will need to install the DateTime::Format::* module that matches your RDBMS of choice.
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.
locale
timezone
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
int
inflate_datetime
data_type is some other value (e.g. varchar) and inflate_datetime is explicitly set to epoch.
varchar
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.
Datetime->from_epoch
Overrides column deflation to call epoch() on the column value.
epoch()
DBIx::Class
DBIx::Class::TimeStamp
DateTime
Brian Cassidy <bricas@cpan.org>
Adam Paynter <adapay@cpan.org>
Copyright 2006-2012 by Brian Cassidy
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install DBIx::Class::DateTime::Epoch, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm DBIx::Class::DateTime::Epoch
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install DBIx::Class::DateTime::Epoch
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.