NAME

   POSIX::strftime::GNU - strftime with GNU extensions

SYNOPSIS

     use POSIX::strftime::GNU;
     use POSIX 'strftime';
     print POSIX::strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %T %z', localtime);

   command line:

     C:\> set PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=filter=debug
     C:\> perl -MPOSIX::strftime::GNU -MAnyEvent -e "AE::cv->send"

DESCRIPTION

   This is a wrapper for POSIX::strftime which implements more character
   sequences compatible with GNU systems.

   The module is 100% compatible with format of date(1) command from GNU
   coreutils package.

   It can be helpful if you run some software on operating system where
   these extensions, especially %z sequence, are not supported, i.e. on
   Microsoft Windows. On such system some software can work incorrectly,
   i.e. logging for Plack and AnyEvent modules might be broken.

   Even GNU C Library's strftime(3) function does not provide 100%
   compatibility with date(1) command so this module can be useful also on
   Linux.

   The XS module is used if compiler is available and can module can be
   loaded. The XS is mandatory if PERL_POSIX_STRFTIME_GNU_XS environment
   variable is true.

   The PP module is used when XS module can not be loaded or
   PERL_POSIX_STRFTIME_GNU_PP environment variable is true.

   None of these modules are loaded if both PERL_POSIX_STRFTIME_GNU_PP and
   PERL_POSIX_STRFTIME_GNU_XS environment variables are defined and false.

INSTALLING

Cygwin

   This module requires libcrypt-devel package.

BUGS

   Timezone name is guessed with several heuristics so it can differ from
   timezone name returned by date(1) command.

   If you find the bug or want to implement new features, please report it
   at https://github.com/dex4er/perl-POSIX-strftime-GNU/issues

   The code repository is available at
   http://github.com/dex4er/perl-POSIX-strftime-GNU

AUTHOR

   Piotr Roszatycki <[email protected]>

LICENSE

   Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Piotr Roszatycki <[email protected]>.

   Format specification is based on strftime(3) manual page which is a
   part of the Linux man-pages project.

   This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
   the same terms as perl itself.

   See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html