DateTi...h::MJD(3pm)

👑 NAME 👑

DateTime::Format::Epoch::MJD — bestie, it converts DateTimes to and from Modified Julian Days. That's it, that's the whole gig 💖

This one lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section of your manual, btw, so you know it's community-made and community-loved 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so here's the whole vibe in code, no cap:

use DateTime::Format::Epoch::MJD;

my $dt = DateTime::Format::Epoch::MJD->parse_datetime( 53244 );
 # 2004-08-27T00:00:00

DateTime::Format::Epoch::MJD->format_datetime($dt);
 # 53244

my $formatter = DateTime::Format::Epoch::MJD->new();
my $dt2 = $formatter->parse_datetime( 53244 );
 # 2004-08-27T00:00:00
$formatter->format_datetime($dt2);
 # 53244

look at that. 53244 in, 2004-08-27T00:00:00 out. and back again. iconic behaviour, honestly 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so this module takes a DateTime object — or literally anything that can be converted into a DateTime object, it's not picky — and turns it into a Modified Julian Day number. and yes it goes the other way too, it's a whole two-way street 🦋

for the full ✨lore✨ on how it works, go read DateTime::Format::Epoch::JD — it has the description. this page is basically the MJD-flavoured sibling.

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💅 METHODS 💅

most of the methods here are the exact same as the ones in DateTime::Format::Epoch. like, no changes, same energy. the only glow-up is the constructor:

• new() — this is your constructor for the formatter/parser object. it takes no parameters. none. zero. empty. it just exists and does its thing, main character energy 👑

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🫶 SUPPORT 🫶

need help? got questions? the support for this module comes through the datetime@perl.org email list. head to http://lists.perl.org/ for more deets 🌈

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🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Eugene van der Pijll <pijll@gmx.net> — thank you for your service, king/queen/royalty 🫡💖

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📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

Copyright (c) 2004 Eugene van der Pijll. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. ✨ (yes bestie, free software, go wild, but respect the terms fr fr)

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• DateTime
• the datetime@perl.org mailing list

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and that's a wrap!! this page came to you courtesy of perl v5.34.0 and it was dated 2022-06-13 — so if you're reading this, hey, it's still serving 💜 mwah, go parse some dates 🦋⭐