NAME

Time::Piece::DB2 - Adds DB2-specific methods to Time::Piece

SYNOPSIS

  use Time::Piece::DB2;

  my $time = localtime;

  print $time->db2_date;
  print $time->db2_time;
  print $time->db2_timestamp;

  my $time = Time::Piece->from_db2_date( $db2_date );
  my $time = Time::Piece->from_db2_time( $db2_time );
  my $time = Time::Piece->from_db2_timestamp( $db2_timestamp );

DESCRIPTION

Using this module instead of, or in addition to Time::Piece adds a few DB2-specific date/time methods to Time::Piece objects.

OBJECT METHODS

• db2_date

• db2_time

• db2_timestamp

  Returns the date and/or time in a format suitable for use by DB2.

CONSTRUCTORS

• from_db2_date

• from_db2_time

• from_db2_timestamp

  Given a date, time, or timestamp as returned from DB2, these constructors return a new Time::Piece object.

BUGS

Time::Piece itself only works with times in the Unix epoch, this module has the same limitation. However, DB2 itself handles date and timestamp columns from '1000-01-01'. Feeding in times outside of the Unix epoch to any of the constructors has unpredictable results.

AUTHOR

Author: Mark Ferris <m.ferris@geac.com>

COPYRIGHT

(c) 2004 Mark Ferris

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

SEE ALSO

Time::Piece