NAME Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DateTime - Plugin providing Date/Time methods SYNOPSIS my $obj = $c->plugin('DateTime')->method( ... ); # Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DateTime->method() or $c->plugin('DateTime')->method( ... ); DESCRIPTION Common methods for dealing with Date/Time. PREREQUISITES This package is part of a larger distribution and was NOT intended to be used directly. In order for this plugin to work properly, the following packages must be installed: Apache2::WebApp Date::Calc Date::Format Date::Manip Params::Validate Time::ParseDate INSTALLATION From source: $ tar xfz Apache2-WebApp-Plugin-DateTime-0.X.X.tar.gz $ perl MakeFile.PL PREFIX=~/path/to/custom/dir LIB=~/path/to/custom/lib $ make $ make test $ make install Perl one liner using CPAN.pm: $ perl -MCPAN -e 'install Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DateTime' Use of CPAN.pm in interactive mode: $ perl -MCPAN -e shell cpan> install Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DateTime cpan> quit Just like the manual installation of Perl modules, the user may need root access during this process to insure write permission is allowed within the installation directory. OBJECT METHODS days_between_dates Return the total days between dates. my $date1 = 'Sun Oct 18 15:14:48 2009'; # then and my $date2 = localtime(time); # now my $delta = $c->plugin('DateTime')->days_between_dates( $date1, $date2 ); format_time Convert seconds-since-epoch to a human readable format. my $date = $c->plugin('DateTime')->format_time( $unix_time, '%a %b %d %T %Y' ); See Date::Format for character conversion specification. SEE ALSO Apache2::WebApp, Apache2::WebApp::Plugin, Date::Calc, Date::Format, Date::Manip, Params::Validate, Time::ParseDate AUTHOR Marc S. Brooks, - COPYRIGHT This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See