NAME

Convert::Age - convert integer seconds into a "compact" form and back.

VERSION

Version 0.04

SYNOPSIS

    use Convert::Age;

    my $c = Convert::Age::encode(189988007); # 6y7d10h26m47s
    my $d = Convert::Age::decode('5h37m5s'); # 20225

    # or export functions

    use Convert::Age qw(encode_age decode_age);

    my $c = encode_age(20225); # 5h37m5s
    my $d = decode_age('5h37m5s'); # 5h37m5s

EXPORT

encode_age

synonym for Convert::Age::encode()

decode_age

synonym for Convert::Age::decode()

NOTE

The methods in this module are suitable for some kinds of logging and input/output conversions. It achieves the conversion through simple remainder arithmetic and the length of a year as 365.2425 days.

FUNCTIONS

encode

convert seconds into a "readable" format 344 => 5m44s

encode_age

synonym for encode that can be exported

decode

convert the "readable" format into seconds

decode_age

synonym for encode that can be exported

AUTHOR

Chris Fedde, <cfedde at cpan.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-convert-age at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Convert-Age. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Convert::Age

You can also look for information at:

• AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

  http://annocpan.org/dist/Convert-Age

• CPAN Ratings

  http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Convert-Age

• RT: CPAN's request tracker

  http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Convert-Age

• Search CPAN

  http://search.cpan.org/dist/Convert-Age

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2007 Chris Fedde, all rights reserved.

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

cpanm Convert::Age

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Convert::Age