package Time::localtime; use strict; use 5.006_001; use Time::tm; our(@ISA, @EXPORT, @EXPORT_OK, %EXPORT_TAGS, $VERSION); BEGIN { use Exporter (); @ISA = qw(Exporter Time::tm); @EXPORT = qw(localtime ctime); @EXPORT_OK = qw( $tm_sec $tm_min $tm_hour $tm_mday $tm_mon $tm_year $tm_wday $tm_yday $tm_isdst ); %EXPORT_TAGS = ( FIELDS => [ @EXPORT_OK, @EXPORT ] ); $VERSION = 1.02; } use vars @EXPORT_OK; sub populate (@) { return unless @_; my $tmob = Time::tm->new(); @$tmob = ( $tm_sec, $tm_min, $tm_hour, $tm_mday, $tm_mon, $tm_year, $tm_wday, $tm_yday, $tm_isdst ) = @_; return $tmob; } sub localtime (;$) { populate CORE::localtime(@_ ? shift : time)} sub ctime (;$) { scalar CORE::localtime(@_ ? shift : time) } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME Time::localtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime() function =head1 SYNOPSIS use Time::localtime; printf "Year is %d\n", localtime->year() + 1900; $now = ctime(); use Time::localtime; use File::stat; $date_string = ctime(stat($file)->mtime); =head1 DESCRIPTION This module's default exports override the core localtime() function, replacing it with a version that returns "Time::tm" objects. This object has methods that return the similarly named structure field name from the C's tm structure from F; namely sec, min, hour, mday, mon, year, wday, yday, and isdst. You may also import all the structure fields directly into your namespace as regular variables using the :FIELDS import tag. (Note that this still overrides your core functions.) Access these fields as variables named with a preceding C in front their method names. Thus, C<$tm_obj-Emday()> corresponds to $tm_mday if you import the fields. The ctime() function provides a way of getting at the scalar sense of the original CORE::localtime() function. To access this functionality without the core overrides, pass the C an empty import list, and then access function functions with their full qualified names. On the other hand, the built-ins are still available via the C pseudo-package. =head1 NOTE While this class is currently implemented using the Class::Struct module to build a struct-like class, you shouldn't rely upon this. =head1 AUTHOR Tom Christiansen