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TimeDate(3pm)

Date and time formatting subroutines

NAME

TimeDate - Date and time formatting subroutines

VERSION

version 2.35

SYNOPSIS

    use Date::Format;
    use Date::Parse;
    # Formatting
    print time2str("%Y-%m-%d %T", time);          # 2024-01-15 14:30:00
    print time2str("%a %b %e %T %Y\n", time);     # Mon Jan 15 14:30:00 2024
    # Parsing
    my $time = str2time("Wed, 16 Jun 94 07:29:35 CST");
    my ($ss,$mm,$hh,$day,$month,$year,$zone) = strptime("2024-01-15T14:30:00Z");
    # Multi-language support
    use Date::Language;
    my $lang = Date::Language->new('German');
    print $lang->time2str("%a %b %e %T %Y\n", time);

DESCRIPTION

The TimeDate distribution provides date parsing, formatting, and timezone handling for Perl.

Date::Parse

Parse date strings in a wide variety of formats into Unix timestamps or component values.

Date::Format

Format Unix timestamps or localtime arrays into strings using "strftime"-style conversion specifications.

Date::Language

Format and parse dates in over 30 languages including French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, and many more.

Time::Zone

Timezone offset lookups and conversions for named timezones.

SEE ALSO

Date::Format, Date::Parse, Date::Language, Time::Zone

AUTHOR

Graham <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2020 by Graham Barr.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.