NAME

Net::API::REST::DateTime - HTTP DateTime Manipulation and Formatting

SYNOPSIS

        use Net::API::REST::DateTime;
        my $d = Net::API::REST::DateTime->new( debug => 3 );
        my $dt = DateTime->now;
        $dt->set_formatter( $d );
        print( "$dt\n" );
        ## will produce
        Sun, 15 Dec 2019 15:32:12 GMT
        
        my( @parts ) = $d->parse_date( $date_string );
        
        my $datetime_object = $d->str2datetime( $date_string );
        $datetime_object->set_formatter( $d );
        my $timestamp_in_seconds = $d->str2time( $date_string );
        my $datetime_object = $d->time2datetime( $timestamp_in_seconds );
        my $datetime_string = $d->time2str( $timestamp_in_seconds );

VERSION

    v0.1

DESCRIPTION

This module contains methods to create and manipulate datetime representation from and to DateTime object or unix timestamps.

When using it as a formatter to a DateTime object, this will make sure it is properly formatted for its use in http headers and cookies.

METHODS

new( hash )

This initiates the package and take the following parameters:

debug

Optional. If set with a positive integer, this will activate verbose debugging message

format_datetime( $date_time_object )

Provided a DateTime object, this returns a http compliant string representation, such as:

        Sun, 15 Dec 2019 15:32:12 GMT

that can be used in http headers and cookies' expires property as per rfc6265.

parse_date( string )

Given a datetime string, this returns, in list context, a list of day, month, year, hour, minute, second and time zone or an iso 8601 datetime string in scalar context.

This is used by the method str2datetime

str2datetime( string )

Given a string that looks like a date, this will parse it and return a DateTime object.

str2time( string )

Given a string that looks like a date, this returns its representation as a unix timestamp in second since epoch.

In the background, it calls str2datetime for parsing.

time2datetime( timestamp in seconds )

Given a unix timestamp in seconds since epoch, this returns a DateTime object.

time2str( timestamp in seconds )

Given a unix timestamp in seconds since epoch, this returns a string representation of the timestamp suitable for http headers and cookies. The format is like Sat, 14 Dec 2019 22:12:30 GMT

AUTHOR

Jacques Deguest <jack@deguest.jp>

CPAN ID: jdeguest

https://git.deguest.jp/jack/Net-API-REST

SEE ALSO

DateTime

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2018-2019 DEGUEST Pte. Ltd.

You can use, copy, modify and redistribute this package and associated files under the same terms as Perl itself.

cpanm Net::API::REST

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Net::API::REST