1DateTime::Infinite(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationDateTime::Infinite(3)
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NAME

6       DateTime::Infinite - Infinite past and future DateTime objects
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VERSION

9       version 0.70
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SYNOPSIS

12         my $future = DateTime::Infinite::Future->new();
13         my $past   = DateTime::Infinite::Past->new();
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DESCRIPTION

16       This module provides two DateTime.pm subclasses,
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19       The objects are in the "floating" timezone, and this cannot be changed.
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BUGS

22       There seem to be lots of problems when dealing with infinite numbers on
23       Win32. This may be a problem with this code, Perl, or Win32's IEEE math
24       implementation. Either way, the module may not be well-behaved on Win32
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METHODS

28       The only constructor for these two classes is the "new()" method, as
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31       All "get" methods in this module simply return infinity, positive or
32       negative. If the method is expected to return a string, it return the
33       string representation of positive or negative infinity used by your
34       system. For example, on my system calling "year()" returns a number
35       which when printed appears either "inf" or "-inf".
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37       The object is not mutable, so the "set()", "set_time_zone()", and
38       "truncate()" methods are all do-nothing methods that simply return the
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41       Obviously, the "is_finite()" method returns false and the
42       "is_infinite()" method returns true.
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SEE ALSO

45       datetime@perl.org mailing list
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47       http://datetime.perl.org/
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AUTHOR

50       Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
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53       This software is Copyright (c) 2011 by Dave Rolsky.
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55       This is free software, licensed under:
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61perl v5.12.3                      2011-08-30             DateTime::Infinite(3)
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