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DateTime::Duration(3)                User Contributed Perl Documentation               DateTime::Duration(3)



NAME
       DateTime::Duration - Duration objects for date math

VERSION
       version 0.77

SYNOPSIS
         use DateTime::Duration;

         $dur = DateTime::Duration->new(
             years       => 3,
             months      => 5,
             weeks       => 1,
             days        => 1,
             hours       => 6,
             minutes     => 15,
             seconds     => 45,
             nanoseconds => 12000
         );

         my ( $days, $hours, $seconds ) = $dur->in_units('days', 'hours', 'seconds');

         # Human-readable accessors, always positive, but consider using
         # DateTime::Format::Duration instead
         $dur->years;
         $dur->months;
         $dur->weeks;
         $dur->days;
         $dur->hours;
         $dur->minutes;
         $dur->seconds;
         $dur->nanoseconds;

         $dur->is_wrap_mode
         $dur->is_limit_mode
         $dur->is_preserve_mode

         print $dur->end_of_month_mode;

         # Multiply all values by -1
         my $opposite = $dur->inverse;

         my $bigger  = $dur1 + $dur2;
         my $smaller = $dur1 - $dur2; # the result could be negative
         my $bigger  = $dur1 * 3;

         my $base_dt = DateTime->new( year => 2000 );
         my @sorted =
             sort { DateTime::Duration->compare( $a, $b, $base_dt ) } @durations;

         if ( $dur->is_positive ) { ... }
         if ( $dur->is_zero )     { ... }
         if ( $dur->is_negative ) { ... }

DESCRIPTION
       This is a simple class for representing duration objects. These objects are used whenever you do date
       math with DateTime.pm.

       See the How DateTime Math Works section of the DateTime.pm documentation for more details. The short
       course: One cannot in general convert between seconds, minutes, days, and months, so this class will
       never do so. Instead, create the duration with the desired units to begin with, for example by
       calling the appropriate subtraction/delta method on a "DateTime.pm" object.

METHODS
       Like "DateTime" itself, "DateTime::Duration" returns the object from mutator methods in order to make
       method chaining possible.

       "DateTime::Duration" has the following methods:

   DateTime::Duration->new( ... )
       This method takes the parameters "years", "months", "weeks", "days", "hours", "minutes", "seconds",
       "nanoseconds", and "end_of_month". All of these except "end_of_month" are numbers. If any of the
       numbers are negative, the entire duration is negative.

       All of the numbers must be integers.

       Internally, years as just treated as 12 months. Similarly, weeks are treated as 7 days, and hours are
       converted to minutes. Seconds and nanoseconds are both treated separately.

       The "end_of_month" parameter must be either "wrap", "limit", or "preserve". This parameter specifies
       how date math that crosses the end of a month is handled.

       In "wrap" mode, adding months or years that result in days beyond the end of the new month will roll
       over into the following month. For instance, adding one year to Feb 29 will result in Mar 1.

       If you specify "end_of_month" mode as "limit", the end of the month is never crossed. Thus, adding
       one year to Feb 29, 2000 will result in Feb 28, 2001. If you were to then add three more years this
       will result in Feb 28, 2004.

       If you specify "end_of_month" mode as "preserve", the same calculation is done as for "limit" except
       that if the original date is at the end of the month the new date will also be. For instance, adding
       one month to Feb 29, 2000 will result in Mar 31, 2000.

       For positive durations, the "end_of_month" parameter defaults to wrap.  For negative durations, the
       default is "limit". This should match how most people "intuitively" expect datetime math to work.

   $dur->clone()
       Returns a new object with the same properties as the object on which this method was called.

   $dur->in_units( ... )
       Returns the length of the duration in the units (any of those that can be passed to "new") given as
       arguments. All lengths are integral, but may be negative. Smaller units are computed from what
       remains after taking away the larger units given, so for example:

         my $dur = DateTime::Duration->new( years => 1, months => 15 );

         $dur->in_units( 'years' );            # 2
         $dur->in_units( 'months' );           # 27
         $dur->in_units( 'years', 'months' );  # (2, 3)
         $dur->in_units( 'weeks', 'days' );    # (0, 0) !

       The last example demonstrates that there will not be any conversion between units which don't have a
       fixed conversion rate. The only conversions possible are:

       •       years <=> months

       •       weeks <=> days

       •       hours <=> minutes

       •       seconds <=> nanoseconds

       For the explanation of why this is the case, please see the How DateTime Math Works section of the
       DateTime.pm documentation

       Note that the numbers returned by this method may not match the values given to the constructor.

       In list context, in_units returns the lengths in the order of the units given. In scalar context, it
       returns the length in the first unit (but still computes in terms of all given units).

       If you need more flexibility in presenting information about durations, please take a look a
       "DateTime::Format::Duration".

   $dur->is_positive(), $dur->is_zero(), $dur->is_negative()
       Indicates whether or not the duration is positive, zero, or negative.

       If the duration contains both positive and negative units, then it will return false for all of these
       methods.

   $dur->is_wrap_mode(), $dur->is_limit_mode(), $dur->is_preserve_mode()
       Indicates what mode is used for end of month wrapping.

   $dur->end_of_month_mode()
       Returns one of "wrap", "limit", or "preserve".

   $dur->calendar_duration()
       Returns a new object with the same calendar delta (months and days only) and end of month mode as the
       current object.

   $dur->clock_duration()
       Returns a new object with the same clock deltas (minutes, seconds, and nanoseconds) and end of month
       mode as the current object.

   $dur->inverse( ... )
       Returns a new object with the same deltas as the current object, but multiple by -1. The end of month
       mode for the new object will be the default end of month mode, which depends on whether the new
       duration is positive or negative.

       You can set the end of month mode in the inverted duration explicitly by passing "end_of_month =>
       ..." to the "inverse()" method.

   $dur->add_duration( $duration_object ), $dur->subtract_duration( $duration_object )
       Adds or subtracts one duration from another.

   $dur->add( ... ), $dur->subtract( ... )
       Syntactic sugar for addition and subtraction. The parameters given to these methods are used to
       create a new object, which is then passed to "add_duration()" or "subtract_duration()", as
       appropriate.

   $dur->multiply( $number )
       Multiplies each unit in the by the specified number.

   DateTime::Duration->compare( $duration1, $duration2, $base_datetime )
       This is a class method that can be used to compare or sort durations.  Comparison is done by adding
       each duration to the specified "DateTime.pm" object and comparing the resulting datetimes. This is
       necessary because without a base, many durations are not comparable.  For example, 1 month may or may
       not be longer than 29 days, depending on what datetime it is added to.

       If no base datetime is given, then the result of "DateTime->now" is used instead. Using this default
       will give non-repeatable results if used to compare two duration objects containing different units.
       It will also give non-repeatable results if the durations contain multiple types of units, such as
       months and days.

       However, if you know that both objects only consist of one type of unit (months or days or hours,
       etc.), and each duration contains the same type of unit, then the results of the comparison will be
       repeatable.

   $dur->delta_months(), $dur->delta_days(), $dur->delta_minutes(), $dur->delta_seconds(),
       $dur->delta_nanoseconds()
       These methods provide the information "DateTime.pm" needs for doing date math. The numbers returned
       may be positive or negative. This is mostly useful for doing date math in DateTime.

   $dur->deltas()
       Returns a hash with the keys "months", "days", "minutes", "seconds", and "nanoseconds", containing
       all the delta information for the object. This is mostly useful for doing date math in DateTime.

   $dur->years(), $dur->months(), $dur->weeks(), $dur->days(), $dur->hours(), $dur->minutes(),
       $dur->seconds(), $dur->nanoseconds()
       These methods return numbers indicating how many of the given unit the object represents, after
       having done a conversion to any larger units.  For example, days are first converted to weeks, and
       then the remainder is returned. These numbers are always positive.

       Here's what each method returns:

        $dur->years()       == abs( $dur->in_units('years') )
        $dur->months()      == abs( ( $dur->in_units( 'months', 'years' ) )[0] )
        $dur->weeks()       == abs( $dur->in_units( 'weeks' ) )
        $dur->days()        == abs( ( $dur->in_units( 'days', 'weeks' ) )[0] )
        $dur->hours()       == abs( $dur->in_units( 'hours' ) )
        $dur->minutes       == abs( ( $dur->in_units( 'minutes', 'hours' ) )[0] )
        $dur->seconds       == abs( $dur->in_units( 'seconds' ) )
        $dur->nanoseconds() == abs( ( $dur->in_units( 'nanoseconds', 'seconds' ) )[0] )

       If this seems confusing, remember that you can always use the "in_units()" method to specify exactly
       what you want.

       Better yet, if you are trying to generate output suitable for humans, use the
       "DateTime::Format::Duration" module.

   Overloading
       This class overloads addition, subtraction, and mutiplication.

       Comparison is not overloaded. If you attempt to compare durations using "<=>" or "cmp", then an
       exception will be thrown!  Use the "compare()" class method instead.

SUPPORT
       Support for this module is provided via the datetime@perl.org email list. See http://lists.perl.org/
       for more details.

SEE ALSO
       datetime@perl.org mailing list

       http://datetime.perl.org/

AUTHOR
       Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
       This software is Copyright (c) 2012 by Dave Rolsky.

       This is free software, licensed under:

         The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)



perl v5.16.2                                     2013-08-25                            DateTime::Duration(3)