Time/Format version 0.09
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Time::Format provides a very easy way to format dates and times.  The
formatting functions are tied to hash variables, so they can be used
inside strings as well as in ordinary expressions.  The formatting
codes used are meant to be easy to remember, use, and read.

Also provided is a tied-hash interface to POSIX::strftime and
Date::Manip::UnixDate.

If the I18N::Langinfo module is available, Time::Format provides
weekday and month names in a language appropriate for your locale.

EXAMPLES

 $time{'Weekday Month d, yyyy'}   Thursday June 5, 2003
 $time{'Day Mon d, yyyy'}         Thu Jun 5, 2003
 $time{'DAY MON d, yyyy'}         THU JUN 5, 2003
 $time{'dd/mm/yyyy'}              05/06/2003
 $time{yymmdd}                    030605
 $time{'yymmdd',time-86400}       030604

 $time{'H:mm:ss am'}              1:02:14 pm
 $time{'hh:mm:ss.uuuuuu'}         13:02:14.171447

 $time{'yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss.mmm'} 2003/06/05 13:02:14.171

 $strftime{'%A %B %e, %Y'}             Thursday June  5, 2003
 $strftime{'%A %B %e, %Y',time+86400}  Friday June  6, 2003

 $manip{'%m/%d/%Y'}               06/05/2003
 $manip{'%m/%d/%Y','yesterday'}   06/04/2003
 $manip{'%m/%d/%Y','first monday in November 2000'}  11/06/2000

There are also corresponding functions for each of these hashes,
which you can use if you prefer a function-based interface.


DEVELOPMENT STATE

Time::Format is a brand new module.  It has a decent test suite, but
it hasn't been used much in the Real World yet.  Thus it should be
considered "beta" software.  When six months pass without any bugs being
reported, or any features being added, I'll bump the version to 1.0.


INSTALLATION

To install this module, do the standard Perl module four-step:

   perl Makefile.PL    or    perl Makefile.pl LIB='my/install/path'
   make
   make test
   make install


DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

  Carp
  Exporter
  I18N::Langinfo (optional)
  POSIX          (optional)
  Time::HiRes    (optional)
  Date::Manip    (optional)
  Time::Local    (used by the test suite only)


COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Eric J. Roode, roode@cpan.org

Copyright (c) 2003 by Eric J. Roode. All Rights Reserved.  This module
is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
same terms as Perl itself.
