NAME

Mojo::Date - HTTP date

SYNOPSIS

  use Mojo::Date;

  # Parse
  my $date = Mojo::Date->new('Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT');
  say $date->epoch;

  # Build
  my $date = Mojo::Date->new(time);
  say "$date";

DESCRIPTION

Mojo::Date implements HTTP date and time functions as described in RFC 2616.

  Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT  ; RFC 822, updated by RFC 1123
  Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 850, obsoleted by RFC 1036
  Sun Nov  6 08:49:37 1994       ; ANSI C's asctime() format

ATTRIBUTES

Mojo::Date implements the following attributes.

epoch

  my $epoch = $date->epoch;
  $date     = $date->epoch(784111777);

Epoch seconds.

METHODS

Mojo::Date inherits all methods from Mojo::Base and implements the following new ones.

new

  my $date = Mojo::Date->new;
  my $date = Mojo::Date->new('Sun Nov  6 08:49:37 1994');

Construct a new Mojo::Date object.

parse

  $date = $date->parse('Sun Nov  6 08:49:37 1994');

Parse date.

  # Epoch
  say Mojo::Date->new('784111777')->epoch;

  # RFC 822/1123
  say Mojo::Date->new('Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT')->epoch;

  # RFC 850/1036
  say Mojo::Date->new('Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT')->epoch;

  # Ansi C asctime()
  say Mojo::Date->new('Sun Nov  6 08:49:37 1994')->epoch;

to_string

  my $string = $date->to_string;
  my $string = "$date";

Render date suitable for HTTP messages.

SEE ALSO

Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, http://mojolicio.us.