Time::localtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime() function
use Time::localtime;
printf "Year is %d\n", localtime->year() + 1900;
$now = ctime();
use Time::localtime;
use File::stat;
$date_string = ctime(stat($file)->mtime);
This module's default exports override the core localtime() function,
replacing it with a version that returns ``Time::tm'' objects.
This object has methods that return the similarly named structure field
name from the C's tm structure from time.h; namely sec, min, hour,
mday, mon, year, wday, yday, and isdst.
You may also import all the structure fields directly into your namespace
as regular variables using the :FIELDS import tag. (Note that this still
overrides your core functions.) Access these fields as
variables named with a preceding tm_ in front their method names.
Thus, $tm_obj->mday() corresponds to $tm_mday if you import
the fields.
The ctime() function provides a way of getting at the
scalar sense of the original CORE::localtime() function.
To access this functionality without the core overrides,
pass the use an empty import list, and then access
function functions with their full qualified names.
On the other hand, the built-ins are still available
via the CORE:: pseudo-package.
While this class is currently implemented using the Class::Struct
module to build a struct-like class, you shouldn't rely upon this.
Tom Christiansen
