Re: Module "Date"

Whilst not to disparage your effort in this code, I would direct you to the Perl DateTime project at http://datetime.perl.org. The goal of this project is to produce a suite of inter-operable Perl modules for handling dates and times and clear the murkiness surrounding the overlapping functionality and differing interfaces and implementations between modules.

The advantages of using the DateTime family of modules are outlined on the frequently asked questions page on the project homepage:

Large (and growing) collection of alternate calendars to the Gregorian calendar implemented by DateTime. You can freely convert and any of the DateTime::Calendar family (including the base DateTime module).
The internal format of the DateTime module (and most of the other calendars) supports dates far into the past and future to nanosecond accuracy.
DateTime uses the Olson Time Zone database (http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm) to support accurate time zone handling for all time zones in the world.
DateTime supports full UTC (see http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/UT.html) including leap second support.
Powerful family of packages for defining Sets, Spans, Durations and so on. (the DateTime::Set manpage, the DateTime::Span manpage, the DateTime::Duration manpage).
Growing collection of input and output filters to common formats, and a flexible parser generator (the DateTime::Format::Builder manpage) and an implementation of strptime (the DateTime::Format::Builder manpage).

Hope this is of interest.

perl -le 'print+unpack"N",pack"B32","00000000000000000000001001100110"'

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Re^2: Module "Date" by Deven (Novice) on Aug 13, 2022 at 00:26 UTC
It's now 19 years later, and the "datetime.perl.org" site no longer exists. According to the Internet Archive, the last successful fetch of the page in 2019 redirected here: https://github.com/houseabsolute/DateTime.pm/wiki	[reply]
Re^3: Module "Date" by rob_au (Abbot) on Aug 23, 2022 at 22:21 UTC
19 years ... Such a long time.	[reply]
Re: Re: Module "Date" by nite_man (Deacon) on Jun 05, 2003 at 07:31 UTC
Many thanks, rob_au, of course, your information very interesting for me. I'm agree with you and developers of Perl Date Time project about using modules of Date/Time family. And, of course, my module needs some redevelopments :)) -------------------------------- SV* sv_bless(SV* sv, HV* stash);	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Module "Date" by Anonymous Monk on Jun 19, 2003 at 05:09 UTC
I think that every interesting subject needs a first personal interpretation of the problem to be completelly aware of the real needs. Who knows if you should become an expert on this subject in a couple of years...? I am also interested in this strange lacking of good time administration of the basic Perl.(it seems that it allways backed on C code to solve this problem) I wish you good luck in this journey. At the Perl Date Time Project? (it recently looks a bit forgotten) And , please, keep on sharing your ideas about this subject!	[reply]
Re^4: Module "Date" by adrianh (Chancellor) on Jun 19, 2003 at 08:49 UTC
I am also interested in this strange lacking of good time administration of the basic Perl.(it seems that it allways backed on C code to solve this problem) Define good :-) For many uses the support for dates and time in the core language is all you need. If you need more there are many other modules that offer support. Personally I'm against adding things to the core language that are better supported by external modules. Once you move something into the core language you tie updates and bug fixes to new versions of perl. At the Perl Date Time Project? (it recently looks a bit forgotten) Not sure where you get this impression. The DateTime modules have been hitting CPAN on an impressively regular basis. And jolly good they are too.	[reply]


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