Class::Date Perl Module documentation

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What is it?

Class::Date is a perl module, which provides a simple date type for perl. You can create date objects with one function call, and you can manipulate that like you do it with native date types. For more, check the manual

Download

You can download the source from Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) or from the download directory. Win32 binaries are also available by the following command:

c:\> ppm
PPM> set repository oi http://openinteract.sourceforge.net/ppmpackages/
PPM> set save
PPM> install Class-Date

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Mailing list

The Class::Date mailinglist has closed due to a lot of spam which arrived to it. If you have question, you can write to my personal email (see below), I am happy to answer questions.

Changes file

Revision history for Perl extension Class::Date.

1.1.9   Sun May 14 22:52:50 CEST 2006
	- Added "meridiam" and "ampm" methods by llarian

1.1.8	Sun Nov  6 16:36:54 CET 2005
	- Added Env::C support for mod_perl environments
	- Added documentation about thread-safety and mod_perl issues

1.1.7   Wed Aug 20 23:16:29 CEST 2003
	- Bugfix in Date::Parse support

1.1.6   Sun Mar 16 18:05:23 CET 2003
	- Introducing the NOTZ_TIMEZONE variable to support local time
	  calculations, where TZ variables are not set.

1.1.5   Wed Feb  5 23:17:50 CET 2003
	- Small documentation fix

1.1.4   Wed Feb  5 11:15:20 CET 2003 (test release)
	- Restored the usage of gmtime and timegm methods, because I cannot
	  solve the timezone issues on win32 platform.

1.1.3   Fri Jan  3 09:07:01 CET 2003
	- Fixed a warning in the strftime method

1.1.2   Sat Dec 14 14:46:41 CET 2002
	- Test and report buggy strftime implementation
	- Fix for strftime
	- Hardcoded "Class::Date" class names are removed, to enhance
	  inheritance

1.1.1	Wed Aug 28 23:30:43 CEST 2002
	- errstr method of Class::Date::Invalid is documented
	- Timezone set fix for perl 5.8.0
	- Fix for the missing "tzname" declaration on OSX.
	- NOTE: gmdate and timezone support still does not work on win32!

1.1.0   Mon Jul 15 20:24:04 CEST 2002
	- Date::Parse support now works well with partly defined dates.
	- Full timezone support (except on the win32 platform)

1.0.10  Sun Mar 10 21:45:58 CET 2002
	- Extend the range of operation to 1902-2038 where the underlying
	  system (perl, POSIX functions) support

1.0.9   Mon Feb 25 23:19:49 CET 2002
	- is_leap_year function added
	
1.0.8	Wed Nov  7 12:15:28 CET 2001
	- fix Time::Local detection in perl 5.005_03
	- The module is now working without a C compiler
	- You will get warnings if you request for Date::Parse, but it cannot
	  be found

1.0.7	Mon Oct 15 00:22:47 CEST 2001
	- fix for function name clash in bleadperl
	- Documentation update: Win32 and support chapters added,
	  Development focus rewritten

1.0.6   Thu Oct 11 14:26:27 CEST 2001
	- Fixed a bug with month_end and newer stable perls (5.6.1)
	- Fixed a bug with Time::Local in perl 5.7.2

1.0.5	Tue Jul 17 14:31:00 CEST 2001
	- Restored and documented the compatibility issues with perl 5.005

1.0.4	Tue Jul 12 11:00:46 CEST 2001
	- Fix a bug with RANGE_CHECK in addition

1.0.3	Tue Jul  3 13:09:04 CEST 2001
	- "errmsg" method is not works as expected
	- "errstr" is now an alias to "errmsg"

1.0.2   Wed Jun 27 00:08:05 CEST 2001
	- "set" method is renamed to "clone"
	- named interface is documented
	- minor documentation fixes

1.0.1   Sat Jun 16 16:14:02 CEST 2001
	- added a "set" method to change parts of the date
	- fix the "href" method
	- Added a $RANGE_CHECK variable, to possiby disable dates like 
	  "2001-02-31"
	- Added error handling
	- Restored compatibility with perl 5.005

1.0.0   Mon Jun 11 14:58:29 CEST 2001
	- it is now requires perl 5.6 because of using Time::Local
	- stable release, basically the same as 0.98

0.98   	Tue May 22 16:46:03 CEST 2001
	- bug in "truncate" method fixed
	- documentation changes

0.97	Wed May 16 23:10:17 CEST 2001
	- Accepts the date in "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM" format
	- uses Time::Local instead of strftime("%s"), because the latter
	  is not available in not GNU environment

0.96	Fri May 11 01:42:36 CEST 2001
	- Fixed $DST_ADJUST bug when adding months
	- Added $MONTH_BORDER_ADJUST variable and documentation for it
	- Added "month_begin", "month_end" and "days_in_month" method
	- Fixed the "aref" method
	- Doc. grammar fixes

0.95    Thu May 10 00:11:43 CEST 2001
	- Fixed comparison problem with undef
	- date("2001-01-31")+'1M'-'1M' != "2001-01-31" "bug" documented
	- Fixed the module name in two places (it was Date::Class)

0.94    Thu Apr 26 16:30:39 CEST 2001
	- $date-'1D' bug fixed
	- added "now" function

0.93    Wed Apr 18 12:55:15 CEST 2001
	- the return value from Date::Parse is fixed

0.92    Tue Apr 17 17:23:10 CEST 2001
	- made 'Date::Parse' usage optional

0.91	Mon Apr  9 13:42:49 CEST 2001
	- small bugfixes for perl 5.005
	- date(undef) and Class::Date::Rel(undef) returns undef
	- array method fix (year + 1900, month + 1)
	- $DATE_FORMAT is not exportable any more (confusing)
	- test fixes

0.90	Thu Apr  5 13:18:18 CEST 2001
	- Complete rewrite based on Matt Sergeant's Time::Object
	- Can handle GMT and local time also
	- A severe bug fixed concerning the Daylight Saving Time
	- Dependency to POSIX.pm has been removed

0.5     Initial release