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 1.57
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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 subclasses,
17       "DateTime::Infinite::Future" and "DateTime::Infinite::Past".
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19       The objects are always in the "floating" timezone, and this cannot be
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METHODS

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

44       datetime@perl.org mailing list
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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
49       math implementation. Either way, the module may not be well-behaved on
50       Win32 operating systems.
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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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SOURCE

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

63       Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
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66       This software is Copyright (c) 2003 - 2022 by Dave Rolsky.
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68       This is free software, licensed under:
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70         The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)
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72       The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
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