APR::Date(3pm)

Usage

  use APR::Date ();
  
  # parse HTTP-complient date string
  $date_string = 'Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT';
  $date_parsed = APR::Date::parse_http($date_string);
  
  # parse RFC822-complient date string
  $date_string = 'Sun, 6 Nov 94 8:49:37 GMT';
  $date_parsed = APR::Date::parse_rfc($date_string);

Overview

"APR::Socket" provides the Perl interface to APR date manipulating functions.

API

"APR::Date" provides the following functions and/or methods:

"parse_http"

Parse HTTP date strings

  $date_parsed = parse_http($date_string);

arg1: $date_string ( string )

The date string can be in one of the following formats:

  Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT  ; RFC 822, updated by RFC 1123
  Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 850, obsoleted by RFC 1036
  Sun Nov  6 08:49:37 1994       ; ANSI C's asctime() format

refer to RFC2616 for the details (GMT is assumed, regardless of the used timezone).

ret: $date_parsed ( number ): the number of microseconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT, or 0 if out of range or if the date is invalid.

since: 2.0.00

Remember to divide the return value by 1_000_000 if you need it in seconds.

"parse_rfc"

Parse a string resembling an RFC 822 date. It's meant to be lenient in its parsing of dates. Hence, this will parse a wider range of dates than parse_http().

  $date_parsed = parse_rfc($date_string);

arg1: $date_string ( string ): The date string can be in one of the following formats:

Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 822, updated by RFC 1123 Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 850, obsoleted by RFC 1036 Sun Nov 6 08:49:37 1994 ; ANSI C's asctime() format Sun, 6 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 822, updated by RFC 1123 Sun, 06 Nov 94 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 822 Sun, 6 Nov 94 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 822 Sun, 06 Nov 94 08:49 GMT ; Unknown [drtr\@ast.cam.ac.uk] Sun, 6 Nov 94 08:49 GMT ; Unknown [drtr\@ast.cam.ac.uk] Sun, 06 Nov 94 8:49:37 GMT ; Unknown [Elm 70.85] Sun, 6 Nov 94 8:49:37 GMT ; Unknown [Elm 70.85]

ret: $date_parsed ( number ): the number of microseconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT, or 0 if out of range or if the date is invalid.

since: 2.0.00

Remember to divide the return value by 1_000_000 if you need it in seconds.

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