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NAME

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

9         my $future = DateTime::Infinite::Future->new;
10         my $past   = DateTime::Infinite::Past->new;
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DESCRIPTION

13       This module provides two DateTime.pm subclasses, "DateTime::Infi‐
14       nite::Future" and "DateTime::Infinite::Past".
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16       The objects are in the "floating" timezone, and this cannot be changed.
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BUGS

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

25       The only constructor for these two classes is the "new()" method, as
26       shown in the SYNOPSIS.  This method takes no parameters.
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28       All "get" methods in this module simply return infinity, positive or
29       negative.  If the method is expected to return a string, it return the
30       string representation of positive or negative infinity used by your
31       system.  For example, on my system calling "year()" returns a number
32       which when printed appears either "inf" or "-inf".
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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 "is_infi‐
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AUTHOR

42       Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
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45       Copyright (c) 2003-2006 David Rolsky.  All rights reserved.  This pro‐
46       gram is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
47       the same terms as Perl itself.
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49       The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
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SEE ALSO

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