YAML can save objects into a file: 
use strict;

use YAML::Any;

use DateTime;

my $dt = DateTime->new(
    year   => 1964,
    month  => 10,
    day    => 16,
    hour   => 16,
    minute => 12,
    second => 47,
    nanosecond => 500000000,
    time_zone => 'Asia/Taipei',
);

print Dump($dt);

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Output:
--- !!perl/hash:DateTime
formatter: ~
local_c:
  day: 16
  day_of_quarter: 16
  day_of_week: 5
  day_of_year: 290
  hour: 16
  minute: 12
  month: 10
  quarter: 4
  second: 47
  year: 1964
local_rd_days: 717260
local_rd_secs: 58367
locale: !!perl/hash:DateTime::Locale::en_US
  default_date_format_length: medium
  default_time_format_length: medium
  en_complete_name: English United States
  en_language: English
  en_territory: United States
  id: en_US
  native_complete_name: English United States
  native_language: English
  native_territory: United States
offset_modifier: 0
rd_nanosecs: 500000000
tz: !!perl/hash:DateTime::TimeZone::Asia::Taipei
  is_olson: 1
  max_year: 2018
  name: Asia/Taipei
  spans:
  - - -1.#INF
    - 59800434840
    - -1.#INF
    - 59800464000
    - 29160
    - 0
    - LMT
  - - 59800434840
    - 61357104000
    - 59800463640
    - 61357132800
    - 28800
    - 0
    - CT

  - - (... SNIP ...)

  - - 62474770800
    - 1.#INF
    - 62474799600
    - 1.#INF
    - 28800
    - 0
    - CST
utc_rd_days: 717260
utc_rd_secs: 29567
utc_year: 1965

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CountZero

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In reply to Re: BBCode Parser in configuration file by CountZero
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