App::Sqitch::DateTime

Name

App::Sqitch::DateTime - Sqitch DateTime object

Synopsis

  my $dt = App::Sqitch::DateTime->new(%params);
  say $dt->as_string( format => 'iso' );

Description

This subclass of DateTime provides additional interfaces to support named formats. These can be used for status or log "--date-format" options. App::Sqitch::DateTime provides a list of supported formats, validates that a format string, and uses the formats to convert itself into the appropriate string.

Interface

Class Methods

"as_string_formats"

  my @formats = App::Sqitch::DateTime->as_string_formats;

Returns a list of formats supported by the "format" parameter to "as_string". The list currently includes:

"iso"

"iso8601"

ISO-8601 format.

"rfc"

"rfc2822"

RFC-2822 format.

"full"

"long"

"medium"

"short"

Localized format of the specified length.

"raw"

Show timestamps in raw format, which is strict ISO-8601 in the UTC time zone.

"strftime:$string"

Show timestamps using an arbitrary "strftime" pattern. See "strftime Paterns" in DateTime for comprehensive documentation of supported patterns.

"cldr:$string"

Show timestamps using an arbitrary "cldr" pattern. See "CLDR Paterns" in DateTime for comprehensive documentation of supported patterns.

"validate_as_string_format"

  App::Sqitch::DateTime->validate_as_string_format($format);

Validates that a format is supported by "as_string". Throws an exception if it's not, and returns if it is.

Instance Methods

"as_string"

  $dt->as_string;
  $dt->as_string( format => $format );

Returns a string representation using the provided format. The format must be one of those listed by "as_string_formats" or an exception will be thrown. If no format is passed, the string will be formatted with the "raw" format.

See Also

sqitch-status

Documentation for the "status" command to the Sqitch command-line client.

sqitch-log

Documentation for the "log" command to the Sqitch command-line client.

sqitch

The Sqitch command-line client.

Author

David E. Wheeler <[email protected]>

License

Copyright (c) 2012-2022 iovation Inc., David E. Wheeler Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.