Mojo::Date

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Updated: 2018-11-22
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NAME

Mojo::Date - HTTP date

SYNOPSIS

  use Mojo::Date;

  # Parse
  my $date = Mojo::Date->new('Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT');
  say $date->epoch;

  # Build
  my $date = Mojo::Date->new(time + 60);
  say "$date";

DESCRIPTION

Mojo::Date implements HTTP date and time functions, based on RFC 7230 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230>, RFC 7231 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231> and RFC 3339 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339>.

ATTRIBUTES

Mojo::Date implements the following attributes.

epoch

  my $epoch = $date->epoch;
  $date     = $date->epoch(784111777);

Epoch seconds, defaults to the current time.

METHODS

Mojo::Date inherits all methods from Mojo::Base and implements the following new ones.

new

  my $date = Mojo::Date->new;
  my $date = Mojo::Date->new('Sun Nov  6 08:49:37 1994');

Construct a new Mojo::Date object and ``parse'' date if necessary.

parse

  $date = $date->parse('Sun Nov  6 08:49:37 1994');

Parse date.

  # Epoch
  say Mojo::Date->new('784111777')->epoch;
  say Mojo::Date->new('784111777.21')->epoch;

  # RFC 822/1123
  say Mojo::Date->new('Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT')->epoch;

  # RFC 850/1036
  say Mojo::Date->new('Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT')->epoch;

  # Ansi C asctime()
  say Mojo::Date->new('Sun Nov  6 08:49:37 1994')->epoch;

  # RFC 3339
  say Mojo::Date->new('1994-11-06T08:49:37Z')->epoch;
  say Mojo::Date->new('1994-11-06T08:49:37')->epoch;
  say Mojo::Date->new('1994-11-06T08:49:37.21Z')->epoch;
  say Mojo::Date->new('1994-11-06T08:49:37+01:00')->epoch;
  say Mojo::Date->new('1994-11-06T08:49:37-01:00')->epoch;

to_datetime

  my $str = $date->to_datetime;

Render RFC 3339 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339> date and time.

  # "1994-11-06T08:49:37Z"
  Mojo::Date->new(784111777)->to_datetime;

  # "1994-11-06T08:49:37.21Z"
  Mojo::Date->new(784111777.21)->to_datetime;

to_string

  my $str = $date->to_string;

Render date suitable for HTTP messages.

  # "Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT"
  Mojo::Date->new(784111777)->to_string;

OPERATORS

Mojo::Date overloads the following operators.

bool

  my $bool = !!$date;

Always true.

stringify

  my $str = "$date";

Alias for ``to_string''.