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 1.52
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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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METHODS

22       The only constructor for these two classes is the "new()" method, as
23       shown in the SYNOPSIS. This method takes no parameters.
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25       All "get" methods in this module simply return infinity, positive or
26       negative. If the method is expected to return a string, it returns the
27       string representation of positive or negative infinity used by your
28       system. For example, on my system calling "year()" returns a number
29       which when printed appears either "Inf" or "-Inf".
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31       This also applies to methods that are compound stringifications, which
32       return the same strings even for things like "ymd()" or "iso8601()"
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34       The object is not mutable, so the "set()", "set_time_zone()", and
35       "truncate()" methods are all do-nothing methods that simply return the
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38       Obviously, the "is_finite()" method returns false and the
39       "is_infinite()" method returns true.
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SEE ALSO

42       datetime@perl.org mailing list
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44       http://datetime.perl.org/
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BUGS

47       There seem to be lots of problems when dealing with infinite numbers on
48       Win32. This may be a problem with this code, Perl, or Win32's IEEE math
49       implementation. Either way, the module may not be well-behaved on Win32
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52       Bugs may be submitted at
53       <https://github.com/houseabsolute/DateTime.pm/issues>.
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55       There is a mailing list available for users of this distribution,
56       <mailto:datetime@perl.org>.
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58       I am also usually active on IRC as 'autarch' on "irc://irc.perl.org".
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SOURCE

61       The source code repository for DateTime can be found at
62       <https://github.com/houseabsolute/DateTime.pm>.
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AUTHOR

65       Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
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68       This software is Copyright (c) 2003 - 2020 by Dave Rolsky.
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70       This is free software, licensed under:
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72         The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)
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74       The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
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