FWIW: I think the problem lies squarely with the build process for the DateTime module. I just tried to install the module here, and it failed miserably. It use Build.pl instead of the usual makefile.pl, and that seems to be completely broken for Windows. 

C:\Perl32\packages\DateTime-0.55>build
cl : Command line warning D9035 : option 'Wp64' has been deprecated an
+d will be removed in a future release
cl : Command line warning D9035 : option 'Wp64' has been deprecated an
+d will be removed in a future release
compilet-1271857152.c
C:\Users\Nigel\AppData\Local\Temp\compilet-1271857152.obj : fatal erro
+r LNK1112: module machine type 'X86' c
Checking prerequisites...
  build_requires:
    !  Test::More (0.86) is installed, but we need version >= 0.88

ERRORS/WARNINGS FOUND IN PREREQUISITES.  You may wish to install the v
+ersions
of the modules indicated above before proceeding with this installatio
+n

Run 'Build installdeps' to install missing prerequisites.

Creating new 'MYMETA.yml' with configuration results
Creating new 'Build' script for 'DateTime' version '0.55'

C:\Perl32\packages\DateTime-0.55>build installdeps
Too early to specify a build action 'installdeps'.  Do 'Build installd
+eps' instead.

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Don'tcha just love that last error :)

So then I installed the latest version of Test::Simple, which went successfully and then re-tried Build.pl for DateTime and it reports the same dependancy:

<Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread>

Module::Build is just broken and should be consigned to the scrap heap.

Personally, I could never recommend any module (DateTime) that requires 1390 files to be installed (as a binary distribution), just to manipulate a few dates. A typical example of O'Woe.

Use Date::Manip instead. It's old and crusty, but it works.

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