Rose::DateTime::Parser(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			       Rose::DateTime::Parser(3pm)

NAME

       Rose::DateTime::Parser - DateTime parser object.

SYNOPSIS

	 use Rose::DateTime::Parser;

	 $parser = Rose::DateTime::Parser->new(time_zone => 'UTC');

	 $dt = $parser->parse_date('4/30/2001 8am')
	   or warn $parser->error;

DESCRIPTION

       Rose::DateTime::Parser encapsulates a particular kind of call to Rose::DateTime::Util's parse_date and parse_european_date functions.  The
       object maintains the desired time zone, which is then passed to each call.

       This class inherits from, and follows the conventions of, Rose::Object. See the Rose::Object documentation for more information.

CONSTRUCTOR

       new PARAMS
	   Constructs a new Rose::DateTime::Parser object based on PARAMS, where PARAMS are name/value pairs.  Any object method is a valid
	   parameter name.

OBJECT METHODS

       error [ERROR]
	   Get or set the error message string.

       european [BOOL]
	   Get or set a boolean value that controls how the parse_date method will interpret "xx/xx/xxxx" dates: either month/day/year or
	   year/month/day.

	   If true, then the parse_date method will pass its arguments to Rose::DateTime::Util's parse_european_date function, which interprets
	   such dates as "dd/mm/yyyy".

	   If false, then the parse_date method will temporarily force non-European date parsing and then call Rose::DateTime::Util's parse_date
	   function, which will interpret the date as "mm/dd/yyyy".

	   This attribute defaults to the value returned by the Rose::DateTime::Util->european_dates class method called at the time the
	   Rose::DateTime::Parser object is constructed.

	   If the BOOL argument is undefined (instead of "false, but defined") then the attribute will return to its default value by calling the
	   Rose::DateTime::Util->european_dates class method again.  To unambiguously set the attribute to true or false, pass a defined value
	   like 1 or 0.

       parse_date STRING
	   Attempt to parse STRING by passing it to Rose::DateTime::Util's parse_date or parse_european_date function.	The choice is controlled
	   by the european attribute.

	   If parsing is successful, the resulting DateTime object is returned.  Otherwise, error is set and false is returned.

       parse_datetime STRING
	   This method is an alias for parse_date()

       parse_european_date STRING
	   Attempt to parse STRING by passing it to Rose::DateTime::Util's parse_european_date function (regardless of the value of the  european
	   attribute). If parsing is successful, the resulting DateTime object is returned.  Otherwise, error is set and false is returned.

       time_zone [STRING]
	   Get or set the time zone string passed to Rose::DateTime::Util's parse_date function.  Defaults to the value returned by the
	   Rose::DateTime::Util->time_zone class method.

AUTHOR

       John C. Siracusa (siracusa@gmail.com)

LICENSE

       Copyright (c) 2010 by John C. Siracusa.	All rights reserved.  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.12.3							    2010-03-23					       Rose::DateTime::Parser(3pm)