NAME
    Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DateTime - Plugin providing Date/Time methods

SYNOPSIS
      my $obj = $c->plugin('DateTime')->method( ... );     # Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DateTime->method()

        or

      $c->plugin('DateTime')->method( ... );

DESCRIPTION
    Common methods for dealing with Date/Time.

PREREQUISITES
    This package is part of a larger distribution and was NOT intended to be
    used directly. In order for this plugin to work properly, the following
    packages must be installed:

      Apache2::WebApp
      Date::Calc
      Date::Format
      Date::Manip
      Params::Validate
      Time::ParseDate

INSTALLATION
    From source:

      $ tar xfz Apache2-WebApp-Plugin-DateTime-0.X.X.tar.gz
      $ perl MakeFile.PL PREFIX=~/path/to/custom/dir LIB=~/path/to/custom/lib
      $ make
      $ make test
      $ make install

    Perl one liner using CPAN.pm:

      $ perl -MCPAN -e 'install Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DateTime'

    Use of CPAN.pm in interactive mode:

      $ perl -MCPAN -e shell
      cpan> install Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DateTime
      cpan> quit

    Just like the manual installation of Perl modules, the user may need
    root access during this process to insure write permission is allowed
    within the installation directory.

OBJECT METHODS
  days_between_dates
    Return the total days between dates.

      my $date1 = 'Sun Oct 18 15:14:48 2009';     # then and
      my $date2 = localtime(time);                # now

      my $delta = $c->plugin('DateTime')->days_between_dates( $date1, $date2 );

  format_time
    Convert seconds-since-epoch to a human readable format.

      my $date = $c->plugin('DateTime')->format_time( $unix_time, '%a %b %d %T %Y' );

    See Date::Format for character conversion specification.

SEE ALSO
    Apache2::WebApp, Apache2::WebApp::Plugin, Date::Calc, Date::Format,
    Date::Manip, Params::Validate, Time::ParseDate

AUTHOR
    Marc S. Brooks, <mbrooks@cpan.org> - <http://mbrooks.info>

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

    See <http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html>