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NAME

TimeDate - Date and time formatting subroutines

VERSION

version 2.35

SYNOPSIS

use Date::Format;
use Date::Parse;

# Formatting
print time2str("%Y-%m-%d %T", time);          # 2024-01-15 14:30:00
print time2str("%a %b %e %T %Y\n", time);     # Mon Jan 15 14:30:00 2024

# Parsing
my $time = str2time("Wed, 16 Jun 94 07:29:35 CST");
my ($ss,$mm,$hh,$day,$month,$year,$zone) = strptime("2024-01-15T14:30:00Z");

# Multi-language support
use Date::Language;
my $lang = Date::Language->new('German');
print $lang->time2str("%a %b %e %T %Y\n", time);

DESCRIPTION

The TimeDate distribution provides date parsing, formatting, and timezone handling for Perl.

  • Date::Parse

    Parse date strings in a wide variety of formats into Unix timestamps or component values.

  • Date::Format

    Format Unix timestamps or localtime arrays into strings using strftime-style conversion specifications.

  • Date::Language

    Format and parse dates in over 30 languages including French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, and many more.

  • Time::Zone

    Timezone offset lookups and conversions for named timezones.

AI POLICY

This project uses AI tools to assist development. Humans review and approve every change before it is merged. See AI_POLICY.md for details.

SEE ALSO

Date::Format, Date::Parse, Date::Language, Time::Zone

AUTHOR

Graham gbarr@pobox.com

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2020 by Graham Barr.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.