1DateTime::TimeZone::LocUasle(r3)Contributed Perl DocumenDtaatteiToinme::TimeZone::Local(3)
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6 DateTime::TimeZone::Local - Determine the local system's time zone
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9 version 2.60
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12 my $tz = DateTime::TimeZone->new( name => 'local' );
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14 my $tz = DateTime::TimeZone::Local->TimeZone();
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17 This module provides an interface for determining the local system's
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24 DateTime::TimeZone::Local->TimeZone()
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98 The source code repository for DateTime-TimeZone can be found at
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102 Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
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105 This software is copyright (c) 2023 by Dave Rolsky.
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107 This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
108 the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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110 The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
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