Date::DateCalc and Date::DateCalcLib

brainsick has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello, I have a script that depends on a Date::DateCalcLib module, but I can't seem to find any information about its origins. CPAN doesn't recognize it:

[me@unixbox1:/home/me]> perl -MCPAN -e 'install Date::DateCalcLib'
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read /home/me/.cpan/Metadata
  Database was generated on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:11:13 GMT
Warning: Cannot install Date::DateCalcLib, don't know what it is.
Try the command

    i /Date::DateCalcLib/

to find objects with matching identifiers.
[download]

AnnoCPAN has some hits for the module, but they're all dead ends. Search.CPAN can't find it at all. A Google search didn't turn up much either. Does anyone have any information about this module?

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Re: Date::DateCalc and Date::DateCalcLib by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 27, 2007 at 12:37 UTC
I used the Google Code Search and it turned up some links that Google Search didn't: DateCalc-3.2.README some module list And finally, the directory of the author, together with DateCalc-3.2.tar.gz, which seems to be the latest version released. Something about this module sounds fishy - I would venture that Date::Calc has superceeded Date::DateCalc since then, as there is no version of DateCalc left on the CPAN. So if you don't have the pressing need to keep DateCalc, I would recommend looking at Date::Calc and whether it is API compatible with DateCalc.	[reply]
Re: Date::DateCalc and Date::DateCalcLib by shigetsu (Hermit) on Apr 27, 2007 at 12:41 UTC
According to Google it existed once and has been authored by Steffen Beyer. The CPAN's Backpan didn't turn much up either. I searched his distributions and couldn't find much though. Perhaps contacting him will shed some light?	[reply]
Re: Date::DateCalc and Date::DateCalcLib by Fletch (Bishop) on Apr 27, 2007 at 12:39 UTC
The obvious next place to check (or rather the obvious first place to have checked to begin with :) would be whomever you got the code in question from. It's entirely possible it's some personal or otherwise home-grown code that you're not going to find out in the wild.	[reply]
Re^2: Date::DateCalc and Date::DateCalcLib by brainsick (Sexton) on Apr 27, 2007 at 13:15 UTC
I actually wrote the script that depends on Date::DateCalcLib, but its use wasn't based on an informed decision; the module was already installed and did what I wanted. Now, I'm supporting our overall Perl development environment and while attempting to upgrade it to the latest Perl release and newer CPAN modules, I realized that I couldn't find the Date::DateCalcLib module for installation. This time around, I'm trying to make an informed decision and couldn't find the information I sought.	[reply]
Re^3: Date::DateCalc and Date::DateCalcLib by syphilis (Archbishop) on Apr 27, 2007 at 13:31 UTC
the module was already installed and did what I wanted Just out of idle curiosity ... does 'perldoc Date::DateCalcLib' provide any info regarding its author ? Someone else has already suggested it was one of Steffen Beyer's modules - and I have no reason to doubt that. But if it was one of Steffen's modules, then it's clearly not on cpan or backpan ... is it actually possible to delete modules from backpan ? Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^4: Date::DateCalc and Date::DateCalcLib by grinder (Bishop) on Apr 27, 2007 at 16:29 UTC
Re^4: Date::DateCalc and Date::DateCalcLib by brainsick (Sexton) on Apr 27, 2007 at 18:05 UTC