NAME

Time::Simple - A simple, light-weight ISO 8601 time object.

SYNOPSIS

        use Time::Simple;
        my $time   = Time::Simple->new('23:24:59');
        my $hour   = $time->hours;
        my $minute = $time->minutes;
        my $second = $time->seconds;

        my $time2  = Time::Simple->new($hour, $minute, $second);

        my $now = Time::Simple->new;
        my $nexthour = $now + (60*60);
        print "An hour from now is $nexthour.\n";

        if ($nexthour->hour > 23) {
                print "It'll be tomorrow within the next hour!\n";
        }

        # You can also do this:
        ($time cmp "23:24:25")
        # ...and this:
        ($time <=> [23, 24, 25])

        $time++; # Add a second
        $time--; # Subtract a second

        # Seconds of difference:
        $seconds = Time::Simple->new("00:00:02")
                 - Time::Simple->new("00:00:01");

        my $now  = Time::Simple->new;
        # A minute from now:
        my $then = Time::Simple->new( $now + 60 );
        # Or:
        my $soon = Time::Simple->new( '00:01:00' );

DESCRIPTION

A simple, light-weight time object.

This version should be considered an alpha developer release.

How do you think this moudle should handle return values of multiplacation, where the return value would be greater than 23:59:59?

FATAL ERRORS

Attempting to create an invalid time with this module will return undef rather than an object.

Some operations can produce fatal errors: these can be replaced by warnings and the return of undef by switching the value of $FATALS:

        $Time::Simple::FATALS = undef;

You will then only get warnings to STDERR, and even then only if you asked perl for warnings with use warnings or by setting $^W either directly or with the -w command-line switch.

EXPORT

None by default.

METHODS

CONSTRUCTOR (new)

    $_ = Time::Simple->new('21:10:09');
    $_ = Time::Simple->new( 11,10, 9 );
    Time::Simple->new() == Time::Simple->new( time() );

The constructor new returns a Time::Simple object if the supplied values specify a valid time, otherwise returns undef.

Valid times are either as supplied by the time, or in ISO 8601 format. In the latter case, the values may be supplied as a colon-delimited scalar, as a list, or as an anonymous array.

If nothing is supplied to the constructor, the current local time will be used.

INSTANCE METHODS

METHOD next

    my $will_be_by_one_second = $now->next;

Returns the next time by incrementing the caller's time by one second.

METHOD prev

    my $was_by_one_second = $now->prev;

Returns the last time by decrementing the caller's time by one second.

METHOD hour

    my $hr = $time->hour;

The hour. Alias: hours.

METHOD minute

    my $min = $time->minute;

The minutes. Alias: minutes.

METHOD second

    my $sec = $time->second;

The seconds. Alias: seconds.

format

Returns a string representing the time, in the format specified. If you don't pass a parameter, an ISO 8601 formatted time is returned.

    $date->format;
    $date->format("%H hours, %M minutes, and %S seconds");
    $date->format("%H-%M-%S");

The formatting parameter is as you would pass to strftime(3): "strftime" in POSIX.

OPERATORS

Some operators can be used with Time::Simple objects:

+= -=

You can increment or decrement a time by a number of seconds using the += and -= operators

+ -

You can construct new times offset by a number of seconds using the + and - operators.

-

You can subtract two times ($t1 - $t2) to find the number of seconds between them.

comparison

You can compare two times using the arithmetic and/or string comparison operators: lt le ge gt < <= >= >.

""

You can interpolate a time instance directly into a string, in the format specified by ISO 8601 (eg: 23:24:25).

*

You can multiply a time by a number: 00:00:30 * 2 = 00:01:00.

/

You can divide a time by a number: 00:02:00 * 2 = 00:01:00.

DIAGNOSTICS

Illegal octal digit ....

You probably used an anonymous array and prefixed a number with a leading zero, as you would if you supplied a scalar string: [11,10,09].

TODO

Suggestions welcome. How should operators not mentioend behave? Can one verbar times?

SEE ALSO

Time::HiRes, Date::Time, Date::Simple, "localtime" in perlfunc, "time" in perlfunc. "strftime" in POSIX, "mktime" in POSIX.

LATEST CHANGES

Version 0.05 Sun 02 July 16:52 2006 - Added multiply and division

CREDITS

This module is a rewrite of Marty Pauley's excellent and very useful Date::Simple object. If you're reading, Marty: many thanks. For support, though, please contact Lee Goddard (lgoddard -at- cpan -dot- org) or use rt.cpan.org.

Thanks to Zsolt for testing, and 'Agent' for the patch.

AUTHOR

Lee Goddard (lgoddard -at- cpan -dot- org) after Marty Pauley.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2006 Lee Goddard. Parts Copyright (C) 2001, Kasei.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: a) the GNU General Public License; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. b) the Perl Artistic License.

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

cpanm Time::Simple

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Time::Simple