1Time::Piece::MySQL(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationTime::Piece::MySQL(3)
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6 Time::Piece::MySQL - Adds MySQL-specific methods to Time::Piece
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9 use Time::Piece::MySQL;
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11 my $time = localtime;
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13 print $time->mysql_datetime;
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17 my $time = Time::Piece->from_mysql_datetime( $mysql_datetime );
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22 Using this module instead of, or in addition to, "Time::Piece" adds a
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26 mysql_date / mysql_time / mysql_datetime / mysql_timestamp
27 Returns the date and/or time in a format suitable for use by MySQL.
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30 from_mysql_date / from_mysql_datetime / from_mysql_timestamp
31 Given a date, datetime, or timestamp value as returned from MySQL,
32 these constructors return a new Time::Piece object. If the value is
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36 "Time::Piece" itself only works with times in the Unix epoch, this
37 module has the same limitation. However, MySQL itself handles date and
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50 Original author: Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
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52 Current maintainer: Marty Pauley <marty+perl@kasei.com>
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55 (c) 2002 Dave Rolsky
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57 (c) 2004 Marty Pauley
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59 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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