DateTime::Infinite - Infinite past and future DateTime objects
version 1.55
my $future = DateTime::Infinite::Future->new;
my $past = DateTime::Infinite::Past->new;
This module provides two DateTime subclasses, DateTime::Infinite::Future
and DateTime::Infinite::Past.
The objects are always in the ``floating'' timezone, and this cannot be changed.
The only constructor for these two classes is the new method, as shown in
the SYNOPSIS. This method takes no parameters.
All ``get'' methods in this module simply return infinity, positive or negative.
If the method is expected to return a string, it returns the string
representation of positive or negative infinity used by your system. For
example, on my system calling $dt->year> returns a number which when
printed appears either ``Inf'' or ``-Inf''.
This also applies to methods that are compound stringifications, which return
the same strings even for things like $dt->ymd or $dt->iso8601
The object is not mutable, so the $dt->set, $dt->set_time_zone,
and $dt->truncate methods are all do-nothing methods that simply return
the object they are called with.
Obviously, the $dt->is_finite method returns false and the <
$dt-is_infinite >> method returns true.
datetime@perl.org mailing list
There seem to be lots of problems when dealing with infinite numbers on Win32.
This may be a problem with this code, Perl, or Win32's IEEE math
implementation. Either way, the module may not be well-behaved on Win32
operating systems.
Bugs may be submitted at https://github.com/houseabsolute/DateTime.pm/issues.
There is a mailing list available for users of this distribution,
mailto:datetime@perl.org.
The source code repository for DateTime can be found at https://github.com/houseabsolute/DateTime.pm.
Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
This software is Copyright (c) 2003 - 2021 by Dave Rolsky.
This is free software, licensed under:
The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)
The full text of the license can be found in the
LICENSE file included with this distribution.
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