NAME
Date::Period::Human - Human readable date periods
SYNOPSYS
# Create the Date::Period::Human object
my $d = Date::Period::Human->new();
# Get a relative human readable date string
my $s = $d->human_readable('2010-01-01 02:30:42');
# Now $s contains the relative date in human readable form, e.g. "1 year
# ago", "3 weeks ago", etc.
# Use English instead of the default Dutch
# my $d = Date::Period::Human->new({ lang => 'en' });
DESCRIPTION
Creates a string of relative time. This is useful when you're showing
user created content, where it's nicer to show how long ago the item
was posted (e.g. "3 weeks ago") instead of the date and time.
This also solves the problem where you don't know the timezone of the
user who is viewing the item. This is solved because you show relative
time instead of absolute time in most cases.
There is one case that isn't relative.
CLASS METHODS
This class contains one public class method.
new [options]
lang
The language you want to use. Default 'nl', can be 'en' for English.
today_and_now
An arrayref containing [ $year, $month, $day, $hour, $min, $sec ].
Will be used as the fixed point from which the relative time will be
calculated.
METHODS
This class contains one public method.
$self->human_readable($mysql_date|$datetime|$epoch)
Parses the $mysql_date and returns a human readable time string.
Or, $datetime (a DateTime object) and returns a human readable time
string.
Or, $epoch (identified by regex /^\d+$/) and passed through gmtime().
HOMEPAGE
http://github.com/pstuifzand/date-period-human
LICENSE
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
AUTHOR
Peter Stuifzand <
[email protected]>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2010 Peter Stuifzand
