NAME

       DateTime::Format::Epoch::TAI64 - Convert DateTimes to/from TAI64 values

SYNOPSIS

         use DateTime::Format::Epoch::TAI64;

         my $dt = DateTime::Format::Epoch::TAI64
                       ->parse_datetime( '4611686019483526367' );
          # 2003-06-20T19:49:59

         DateTime::Format::Epoch::TAI64->format_datetime($dt);
          # 4611686019483526367

         my $formatter = DateTime::Format::Epoch::TAI64->new();

         $dt = $formatter->parse_datetime( '4611686019483526367' );
          # 2003-06-20T19:49:59

         $formatter->format_datetime($dt);
          # 4611686019483526367

         my $str_frmt = DateTime::Format::Epoch::TAI64->new(
                                                       format => 'string' );

         $dt = $str_frmt->parse_datetime( "\x40\0\0\0\x3e\xf3\x69\x6a" );
          # 2003-06-20T19:49:59

         $str_frmt->format_datetime($dt);
          # "\x40\0\0\0\x3e\xf3\x69\x6a"

DESCRIPTION

       This module can convert a DateTime object (or any object that can be converted to a
       DateTime object) to a TAI64 value. The TAI64 timescale covers the entire expected lifespan
       of the universe (at least, if you expect the universe to be closed).

METHODS

       Most of the methods are the same as those in DateTime::Format::Epoch.  The only difference
       is the constructor.

       •   new( [format => 'string'] )

           Constructor of the formatter/parser object. If the optional format parameter is set to
           'string', TAI64 values will be expected to be 8 byte strings.

SUPPORT

       Support for this module is provided via the datetime@perl.org email list. See
       http://lists.perl.org/ for more details.

AUTHOR

       Eugene van der Pijll <pijll@gmx.net>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2003, 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.

SEE ALSO

       DateTime

       datetime@perl.org mailing list

       http://cr.yp.to/time.html