NAME

DateTimeX::Format::CustomPattern - A Moose::Role for building DateTime Formats that require patterns

DESCRIPTION

This role must be composed before DateTimeX::Format.

It adds an attribute "pattern", and behavies consistant with the call-overriding environment of DateTimeX::Format.

SYNOPSIS

        package DateTimeX::Format::RequiresPattern;
        with 'DateTimeX::Format::CustomPattern';
        with 'DateTimeX::Format';

        package main;

        my $dt = DateTimeX::Format::RequiresPattern->new({
                locale       => $locale
                , time_zone  => $timezone
                , pattern    => '%H:%M:%S'
                , debug      => 0|1
                , defaults   => 0|1
        });

        $dt->parse_datetime( $time, {pattern => '%H:%M'} );

OBJECT ENVIRONMENT

All of these slots correspond to your object environment: they can be supplied in the constructor, or through accessors.

• pattern( $str )

  Can be overridden in the call to ->parse_datetime.