JE::Object::Date(3pm)

JE::Object::Date 💖 the JavaScript Date object, but make it Perl

okay bestie, you found the man page for JE::Object::Date, part of the JE Perl distribution (that's the JE::Object::Date(3pm) page, in case the header wasn't obvious 🎀). It's literally the class that implements JavaScript Date objects for JE. Let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

JE::Object::Date — the JavaScript Date object class. no cap, that's the whole name 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the vibe, copy-paste ready:

use JE;

$j = new JE;

$js_date = new JE::Object::Date $j;

$js_date->value; # 1174886940.466
"$js_date";      # Sun Mar 25 22:29:00 2007 -0700

see how value hands you a number and stringifying it hands you a whole date? that's the duality, that's the main character energy 👑

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

This class implements JavaScript Date objects for JE. that's it, that's the job, and it ate 🔥

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🫶 METHODS 🫶

ngl, most of the methods are already documented elsewhere — peep JE::Types and JE::Object for descriptions of most of the methods. Only the stuff that's specific to JE::Object::Date gets explained right here, so pay attention bestie 😭

• value — Returns the date as the number of seconds since the epoch, with up to three decimal places. yes, since the epoch, and yes, up to three decimal places — that fractional bit is not a typo, it's giving precision 💖
• class — Returns the string 'Date'. that's the whole thing. iconic behaviour, honestly 🌈

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read these next, iykyk:

• JE
• JE::Types
• JE::Object

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and that's the page!! this lil doc came from perl v5.36.0 and it's dated 2023-08-25 — so if you're reading this way later, hi, hope your date math is still valid 🦋✨ 💜