Time::localtime(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Time::localtime(3pm)
NAME
Time::localtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime() function
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);
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 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()" cor-responds corresponds
responds 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 function functions with their full qualified names. On the other hand, the built-ins are
still available via the "CORE::" pseudo-package.
NOTE
While this class is currently implemented using the Class::Struct module to build a struct-like
class, you shouldn't rely upon this.
AUTHOR
Tom Christiansen
perl v5.8.8 2001-09-21 Time::localtime(3pm)
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