Time::localtime(3Perl Programmers Reference GuTime::localtime(3p)
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 struc-
ture 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() 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 "use" an empty import list, and then access func-
tion 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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