HTML::CalendarMonth::DateTool(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			HTML::CalendarMonth::DateTool(3pm)

NAME

       HTML::CalendarMonth::DateTool - Base class for determining which date package to use for calendrical calculations.

SYNOPSIS

	 my $date_tool = HTML::CalendarMonth::DateTool->new(
			   year     => $YYYY_year,
			   month    => $one_thru_12_month,
			   weeknum  => $weeknum_mode,
			   historic => $historic_mode,
			   datetool => $specific_datetool_if_desired,
			 );

DESCRIPTION

       This module attempts to utilize the best date calculation package available on the current system. For most contemporary dates this usually
       ends up being the internal Time::Local package of perl. For more exotic dates, or when week number of the years are desired, other methods
       are attempted including DateTime, Date::Calc, Date::Manip, and the linux/unix 'ncal' or 'cal' commands. Each of these has a specific
       subclass of this module offering the same utility methods needed by HTML::CalendarMonth.

METHODS

       new()
	   Constructor. Takes the following parameters:

	   year
	       Year of calendar in question (required). If you are rendering exotic dates (i.e. dates outside of 1970 to 2038) then something
	       besides Time::Local will be used for calendrical calculations.

	   month
	       Month of calendar in question (required). 1 through 12.

	   weeknum
	       Optional. When specified, will limit class excursions to those that are currently set up for week of year calculations.

	   historic
	       Optional. If the the ncal or cal commands are available, use one of them rather than other available date modules since these
	       utilities accurately handle some specific historical artifacts such as the transition from Julian to Gregorian.

	   datetool
	       Optional. Mostly for debugging, this option can be used to indicate a specific HTML::CalendarMonth::DateTool subclass for
	       instantiation. The value can be either the actual utility class, e.g., Date::Calc, or the name of the CalendarMonth handler leaf
	       class, e.g. DateCalc. Use 'ncal' or 'cal', respectively, for the wrappers around those commands.

       There are number of methods automatically available:

       month()
       year()
       weeknum()
       historical()
       datetool()
	   Accessors for the parameters provided to "new()" above.

       dow1st()
	   Returns the day of week number for the 1st of the "year" and "month" specified during the call to "new()". Relies on the presence of
	   "dow1st_and_lastday()". Should be 0..6 starting with Sun.

       lastday()
	   Returns the last day of the month for the "year" and "month" specified during the call to "new()". Relies on the presence of
	   "dow1st_and_lastday()".

Overridden methods
       Subclasses of this module must provide at least the "day_epoch()" and "dow1st_and_lastday()" methods.

       dow1st_and_lastday()
	   Required. Provides a list containing the day of the week of the first day of the month (0..6 starting with Sun) along with the last day
	   of the month.

       day_epoch()
	   Optional unless interested in epoch values for wacky dates. For a given day, and optionally "month" and "year" if they are different
	   from those specified in "new()", provide the unix epoch in seconds for that day at midnight.

       If the subclass is expected to provide week of year numbers, three more methods are necessary:

       dow()
	   For a given day, and optionally "month" and "year" if they are different from those specified in "new()", provide the day of week
	   number. (1=Sunday, 7=Saturday).

       add_days($days, $delta, $day, [$month], [$year])
	   For a given day, and optionally "month" and "year" if they are different from those specified in "new()", provide a list of year,
	   month, and day once "delta" days have been added.

       week_of_year($day, [$month], [$year])
	   For a given day, and optionally "month" and "year" if they are different from those specified in "new()", provide a list with the week
	   number of the year along with the year. (some days of a particular year can end up belonging to the prior or following years).

AUTHOR

       Matthew P. Sisk, <sisk@mojotoad.com>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2010 Matthew P. Sisk. All rights reserved. All wrongs revenged. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
       modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       HTML::CalendarMonth(3), Time::Local(3), DateTime(3), Date::Calc(3), Date::Manip(3), cal(1)

perl v5.12.4							    2011-08-26					HTML::CalendarMonth::DateTool(3pm)