1NAME 2 DateTime::Format::DateParse - Parses Date::Parse compatible formats 3 4SYNOPSIS 5 use DateTime::Format::DateParse; 6 7 my $dt = DateTime::Format::DateParse->parse_datetime( $date ); 8 my $dt = DateTime::Format::DateParse->parse_datetime( $date, $zone ); 9 10DESCRIPTION 11 This module is a compatibility wrapper around Date::Parse. 12 13USAGE 14 Import Parameters 15 This module accepts no arguments to it's "import" method and exports no 16 *symbols*. 17 18 Methods 19 Class Methods 20 * parse_datetime($date [, $zone]) 21 22 Accepts a Date::Parse compatible $date string and optionally a 23 Time::Zone compatible $zone string. 24 25 Returns a DateTime object. 26 27GOTCHAS 28 * If parse_datetime is called on a $date that doesn't know specify a 29 timezone and $zone is not set, then the timezone of the returned 30 DateTime object will be set to the "local" timezone. This is 31 consistent with the behavior of Date::Parse. 32 33 * If parse_datetime is called without a $zone but the $date string 34 *does* specify a timezone/offset or if parse_datetime is called with 35 a $zone that DateTime::TimeZone does not understand, the returned 36 DateTime object will have it's timezone set to a fixed offset from 37 UTC. This means that "DST" information is not available and date 38 math will not reflect "DST" transitions. This may be resolved for 39 true timezones by using the DateTime::TimeZone::Alias module to 40 "alias" the Time::Zone timezone to an Olson DB name. This may be 41 done automatically in a future release. 42 43CREDITS 44 Graham Barr (GBARR) <gbarr@pobox.com>, author of Date::Parse 45 46 Everyone at the DateTime "Asylum". 47 48SUPPORT 49 Support for this module is provided via the <datetime@perl.org> email 50 list. See <http://lists.perl.org/> for more details. 51 52AUTHOR 53 Joshua Hoblitt (JHOBLITT) <jhoblitt@cpan.org> 54 55COPYRIGHT 56 Copyright (c) 2005-6 Joshua Hoblitt. All rights reserved. This program 57 is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the 58 same terms as Perl itself. 59 60 The full text of the licenses can be found in the *LICENSE* file 61 included with this module, or in perlartistic and perlgpl as supplied 62 with Perl 5.8.1 and later. 63 64SEE ALSO 65 Date::Parse, Time::Zone, DateTime, DateTime::TimeZone, 66 DateTime::TimeZone::Alias, <http://datetime.perl.org/> 67 68