NAME

       Types::DateTime - type constraints and coercions for datetime objects

SYNOPSIS

          package FroobleGala;

          use Moose;
          use Types::DateTime -all;

          has start_date => (
             is      => 'ro',
             isa     => DateTimeUTC->plus_coercions( Format['ISO8601'] ),
             coerce  => 1,
          );

DESCRIPTION

       Types::DateTime is a type constraint library suitable for use with Moo/Moose attributes,
       Kavorka sub signatures, and so forth.

   Types
       This module provides some type constraints broadly compatible with those provided by
       MooseX::Types::DateTime, plus a couple of extra type constraints.

       "DateTime"
           A class type for DateTime. Coercions from:

           from "Num"
               Uses "from_epoch" in DateTime. Floating values will be used for sub-second
               precision, see DateTime for details.

           from "HashRef"
               Calls "new" in DateTime or "from_epoch" in DateTime as appropriate, passing the
               hash as arguments.

           from "Now"
               Uses "now" in DateTime.

           from "InstanceOf['DateTime::Tiny']"
               Inflated using "DateTime" in DateTime::Tiny.

       "Duration"
           A class type for DateTime::Duration. Coercions from:

           from "Num"
               Uses "new" in DateTime::Duration and passes the number as the "seconds" argument.

           from "HashRef"
               Calls "new" in DateTime::Duration with the hash entries as arguments.

       "Locale"
           A class type for DateTime::Locale. Coercions from:

           from "Str"
               The string is treated as a language tag (e.g. "en" or "he_IL") and given to "load"
               in DateTime::Locale.

           from "InstanceOf['Locale::Maketext']"
               The "Locale::Maketext/language_tag" attribute will be used with "load" in
               DateTime::Locale.

       "TimeZone"
           A class type for DateTime::TimeZone. Coercions from:

           from "Str"
               Treated as a time zone name or offset. See "USAGE" in DateTime::TimeZone for more
               details on the allowed values.

               Delegates to "new" in DateTime::TimeZone with the string as the "name" argument.

       "Now"
           Type constraint with only one allowed value, the string "now".

           This is exported for compatibility with MooseX::Types::DateTime, which exports such a
           constraint, even though it is not documented.

       "DateTimeWithZone"
           A subtype of "DateTime" for objects with a defined (non-floating) time zone.

           This type constraint inherits its coercions from "DateTime".

       "DateTimeWithZone[`a]"
           The "DateTimeWithZone" type constraint may be parameterized with a DateTime::TimeZone
           object, or a string that can be coerced into one.

              has start_date => (
                 is      => 'ro',
                 isa     => DateTimeWithZone['Europe/London'],
                 coerce  => 1,
              );

           This type constraint inherits its coercions from "DateTime", and will additionally
           call "set_time_zone" in DateTime to shift objects into the correct timezone.

       "DateTimeUTC"
           Shortcut for "DateTimeWithZone["UTC"]".

   Named Coercions
       It is hoped that Type::Tiny will help avoid the proliferation of modules like
       MooseX::Types::DateTimeX, MooseX::Types::DateTime::ButMaintained, and
       MooseX::Types::DateTime::MoreCoercions. It makes it very easy to add coercions to a type
       constraint at the point of use:

          has start_date => (
             is      => 'ro',
             isa     => DateTime->plus_coercions(
                InstanceOf['MyApp::DT'] => sub { $_->to_DateTime }
             ),
             coerce  => 1,
          );

       Even easier, this module exports some named coercions.

       "Format[`a]"
           May be passed an object providing a "parse_datetime" method, or a class name from the
           "DateTime::Format::" namespace (upon which "new" will be called).

           For example:

              DateTime->plus_coercions( Format['ISO8601'] )

           Or:

              DateTimeUTC->plus_coercions(
                 Format[
                    DateTime::Format::Natural->new(lang => 'en')
                 ]
              )

       "Strftime[`a]"
           A pattern for serializing a DateTime object into a string using "strftime" in
           DateTime.

              Str->plus_coercions( Strftime['%a %e %b %Y'] );

       "ToISO8601"
           A coercion for serializing a DateTime object into a string using "iso8601" in
           DateTime.

              Str->plus_coercions( ToISO8601 );

BUGS

       Please report any bugs to <http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Types-DateTime>.

SEE ALSO

       MooseX::Types::DateTime, Type::Tiny::Manual, DateTime, DateTime::Duration,
       DateTime::Locale, DateTime::TimeZone.

AUTHOR

       Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

       This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Toby Inkster.

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

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

       THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING,
       WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.