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NAME

XML::Loy::Date::RFC822 - Date strings according to RFC822

SYNOPSIS

  use XML::Loy::Date::RFC822;

  my $date = XML::Loy::Date::RFC822->new(1317832113);
  my $date_str = $date->to_string;
  $date->parse('Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:28:33 PDT');
  my $epoch = $date->epoch;

DESCRIPTION

XML::Loy::Date::RFC822 implements date and time functions according to RFC822. Other than Mojo::Date it supports different timezones.

This module is meant to be compatible with the Mojo::Date-API but has no Mojo dependencies.

This module is EXPERIMENTAL and may be changed, replaced or renamed without warnings.

ATTRIBUTES

XML::Loy::Date::RFC822 implements the following attributes.

epoch

  my $epoch = $date->epoch;
  $date     = $date->epoch(1317832113);

Epoch seconds.

METHODS

new

  my $date = XML::Loy::Date::RFC822->new;
  my $date = XML::Loy::Date::RFC822->new($string);

Constructs a new XML::Loy::Date::822 object. Accepts a date string to be parsed.

parse

  $date = $date->parse('Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:28:33 PDT');
  $date = $date->parse(1317832113);

Parses RFC822 compliant date strings. Also accepts epoch seconds.

to_string

  my $string = $date->to_string;

Renders date suitable to RFC822 without offset information.

DEPENDENCIES

Time::Local.

AVAILABILITY

  https://github.com/Akron/XML-Loy

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2011-2016, Nils Diewald.

The code is heavily based on Mojo::Date, written by Sebastian Riedel. See Mojo::Date for additional copyright and license information.

This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl.