---
name: "SOAP::Utils"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-soap-lite"
version: "1.27-13"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/SOAP::Utils"
---

# SOAP::Utils(3pm)

a utility package for SOAP::Lite

## NAME

SOAP::Utils - a utility package for SOAP::Lite

## DESCRIPTION

This class gives you access to a number of subroutines to assist in data formatting, encoding, etc. Many of the subroutines are private, and are not documented here, but a few are made public.

## METHODS

- format\_datetime

  Returns a valid xsd:datetime string given a time object returned by Perl's localtime function. Usage:

  ```
      print SOAP::Utils::format_datetime(localtime);
  ```

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Paul Kulchenko. All rights reserved.

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

## AUTHORS

Byrne Reese (byrne@majordojo.com)