XML::XQL::Date(3pm)

💖 XML::XQL::Date 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to XML::XQL::Date — part of the User Contributed Perl Documentation collection, and yes it lives in section 3pm like all the cool Perl module pages do. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

XML::XQL::Date — adds an XQL::Node type for representing and comparing dates and times 🗓️💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

use XML::XQL;
use XML::XQL::Date;

my $query = new XML::XQL::Query (Expr => "doc//timestamp[. < date('12/31/1999')]");
my @results = $query->solve ($doc);

like… look at her. she's querying. she's comparing dates. she's iconic. 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so here's the tea ☕ — this package uses the Date::Manip package to add an XQL node type (called XML::XQL::Date) that can be used to represent dates and times. And the way Date::Manip can parse almost any date or time format imaginable?? genuinely unhinged in the best way. 😭✨

ngl there's a lil caveat here: this was tested with Date::Manip 5.33, and it's for sure not working with 5.20 or lower. so if you're on ancient Date::Manip… no cap, it's not gonna slay. 💀

It also adds the XQL date function, which creates an XML::XQL::Date object from a string. 🎀 Wanna know how the date() function actually works? Go peek at XML::XQL::Tutorial, bestie, it's all described in there.

And here's the part where you get options 💅 — you can plug in your own Date type if you don't wanna use Date::Manip for some reason (valid, we don't judge 🫶). For all the deets on that, check out XML::XQL and the XML::XQL::Date source file itself. iykyk. 👀

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okay that's the whole page, you ate it, you understood it, periodt. 🍓🧚

made with perl v5.36.0 energy on 2022-12-06, documented under the XML::XQL::Date(3pm) banner — love that for us. 💜🌈⭐