NAME

DateTime::Format::Strptime - Parse and format strp and strf time patterns

SYNOPSIS

``` use DateTime::Format::Strptime;

my $Strp = new DateTime::Format::Strptime( pattern => '%T', locale => 'en_AU', time_zone => 'Australia/Melbourne', );

my $dt = $Strp->parse_datetime('23:16:42');

$Strp->format_datetime($dt); # 23:16:42

# Croak when things go wrong: my $Strp = new DateTime::Format::Strptime( pattern => '%T', locale => 'en_AU', time_zone => 'Australia/Melbourne', on_error => 'croak', );

$newpattern = $Strp->pattern('%Q'); # Unidentified token in pattern: %Q in %Q at line 34 of script.pl

# Do something else when things go wrong: my $Strp = new DateTime::Format::Strptime( pattern => '%T', locale => 'en_AU', time_zone => 'Australia/Melbourne', on_error => \&phone_police, ); ```

DESCRIPTION

This module implements most of strptime(3), the POSIX function that is the reverse of strftime(3), for DateTime. While strftime takes a DateTime and a pattern and returns a string, strptime takes a string and a pattern and returns the DateTime object associated.