This package contains the following perl5 modules:
Time::CTime.pm
ctime, strftime, and asctime
Time::JulianDay.pm
Julian Day conversions
Time::ParseDate.pm
Reverses strftime and also understands relative times
Time::Timezone.pm
Time::DaysInMonth.pm
To install these modules, cd to the directory that this README file is
in and type the following:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
Documentation for these modules is part of the files themselves using
the pod (Plain Old Documentation) format. This documentation will be
installed as part of the installation process.
Release notes:
98.052201:
Minor bugfix: didn't recognize 5/18/1998.
97.092101:
Fix a 5.004 warning.
Add support for "June 4, 1997"
96.110801:
Added support for negative relative times.
Bugfix: "now" by itself was ignored.
Bugfix: could not combine "now" with time offsets (only date offsets)
96.032801:
Added support for "TZN
96.032702:
This is the first release to use the Makefile.PL
packaging. There are many changes with repect to
previous releases. All modules now running with -w and
use strict.
CTime.pm: should be faster
ParseDate.pm: core logic changed, more dates parsed.
datetime.t: more tests
Timezone.pm: ripped out tzset code and replaced it
with code from Graham Barr <
[email protected]>
TODO:
Replace CTime.pm
Support Brittish dates