Time::localtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in
localtime() function
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);
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 time.h; 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
tm_ in front their method names. Thus, $tm_obj->mday() corresponds to $tm_mday if you import the fields.
The
ctime() funtion 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 use 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 CORE:: pseudo-package.
While this class is currently implemented using the Class::Struct module to build a struct-like class, you shouldn't rely upon this.
Tom Christiansen
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