TimeDate(3)           User Contributed Perl Documentation          TimeDate(3)


NAME
       TimeDate - Date and time formatting subroutines

VERSION
       version 2.35

SYNOPSIS
           use Date::Format;
           use Date::Parse;

           # Formatting
           print time2str("%Y-%m-%d %T", time);          # 2024-01-15 14:30:00
           print time2str("%a %b %e %T %Y\n", time);     # Mon Jan 15 14:30:00 2024

           # Parsing
           my $time = str2time("Wed, 16 Jun 94 07:29:35 CST");
           my ($ss,$mm,$hh,$day,$month,$year,$zone) = strptime("2024-01-15T14:30:00Z");

           # Multi-language support
           use Date::Language;
           my $lang = Date::Language->new('German');
           print $lang->time2str("%a %b %e %T %Y\n", time);

DESCRIPTION
       The TimeDate distribution provides date parsing, formatting, and
       timezone handling for Perl.

       Date::Parse
           Parse date strings in a wide variety of formats into Unix
           timestamps or component values.

       Date::Format
           Format Unix timestamps or localtime arrays into strings using
           "strftime"-style conversion specifications.

       Date::Language
           Format and parse dates in over 30 languages including French,
           German, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, and many more.

       Time::Zone
           Timezone offset lookups and conversions for named timezones.

SEE ALSO
       Date::Format, Date::Parse, Date::Language, Time::Zone

AUTHOR
       Graham <gbarr@pobox.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
       This software is copyright (c) 2020 by Graham Barr.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

perl v5.42.1                      2026-03-22                       TimeDate(3)