DBIx::Class::DateTime::Epoch(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			 DBIx::Class::DateTime::Epoch(3pm)

NAME

       DBIx::Class::DateTime::Epoch - Automatic inflation/deflation of epoch-based columns to/from DateTime objects

SYNOPSIS

	   package MySchema::Foo;

	   use base qw( DBIx::Class );

	   __PACKAGE__->load_components( qw( DateTime::Epoch TimeStamp Core ) );
	   __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
	       name => {
		   data_type => 'varchar',
		   size      => 10,
	       },
	       bar => { # epoch stored as an int
		   data_type	    => 'bigint',
		   inflate_datetime => 1,
	       },
	       baz => { # epoch stored as a string
		   data_type	    => 'varchar',
		   size 	    => 50,
		   inflate_datetime => 'epoch',
	       },
	       # working in conjunction with DBIx::Class::TimeStamp
	       creation_time => {
		   data_type	    => 'bigint',
		   inflate_datetime => 1,
		   set_on_create    => 1,
	       },
	       modification_time => {
		   data_type	    => 'bigint',
		   inflate_datetime => 1,
		   set_on_create    => 1,
		   set_on_update    => 1,
	       }
	   );

DATETIME
::FORMAT DEPENDENCY
       There have been no assumptions made as to what RDBMS you will be using. As per the note in the DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::DateTime
       documentation, you will need to install the DateTime::Format::* module that matches your RDBMS of choice.

DESCRIPTION

       This module automatically inflates/deflates DateTime objects from/to epoch values for the specified columns. This module is essentially an
       extension to DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::DateTime so all of the settings, including "locale" and "timezone", are also valid.

       A column will be recognized as an epoch time given one of the following scenarios:

       o   "data_type" is an "int" of some sort and "inflate_datetime" is also set to a true value

       o   "data_type" is some other value (e.g. "varchar") and "inflate_datetime" is explicitly set to "epoch".

       DBIx::Class::TimeStamp can also be used in conjunction with this module to support epoch-based columns that are automatically set on
       creation of a row and updated subsequent modifications.

METHODS

   add_columns( )
       Provides backwards compatibility with the older DateTime::Epoch API.

   _inflate_to_datetime( )
       Overrides column inflation to use "Datetime->from_epoch".

   _deflate_from_datetime( )
       Overrides column deflation to call "epoch()" on the column value.

SEE ALSO

       o   DBIx::Class

       o   DBIx::Class::TimeStamp

       o   DateTime

AUTHORS

       Brian Cassidy <bricas@cpan.org>

       Adam Paynter <adapay@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2006-2012 by Brian Cassidy

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-02-01					 DBIx::Class::DateTime::Epoch(3pm)