NAME

       DateTime::Infinite - Infinite past and future DateTime objects

VERSION

       version 1.46

SYNOPSIS

         my $future = DateTime::Infinite::Future->new();
         my $past   = DateTime::Infinite::Past->new();

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides two DateTime.pm subclasses, "DateTime::Infinite::Future" and
       "DateTime::Infinite::Past".

       The objects are in the "floating" timezone, and this cannot be changed.

METHODS

       The only constructor for these two classes is the "new()" method, as shown in the
       SYNOPSIS. This method takes no parameters.

       All "get" methods in this module simply return infinity, positive or negative. If the
       method is expected to return a string, it returns the string representation of positive or
       negative infinity used by your system. For example, on my system calling "year()" returns
       a number which when printed appears either "Inf" or "-Inf".

       This also applies to methods that are compound stringifications, which return the same
       strings even for things like "ymd()" or "iso8601()"

       The object is not mutable, so the "set()", "set_time_zone()", and "truncate()" methods are
       all do-nothing methods that simply return the object they are called with.

       Obviously, the "is_finite()" method returns false and the "is_infinite()" method returns
       true.

SEE ALSO

       datetime@perl.org mailing list

       http://datetime.perl.org/

BUGS

       There seem to be lots of problems when dealing with infinite numbers on Win32. This may be
       a problem with this code, Perl, or Win32's IEEE math implementation. Either way, the
       module may not be well-behaved on Win32 operating systems.

       Bugs may be submitted at <https://github.com/houseabsolute/DateTime.pm/issues>.

       There is a mailing list available for users of this distribution,
       <mailto:datetime@perl.org>.

       I am also usually active on IRC as 'autarch' on "irc://irc.perl.org".

SOURCE

       The source code repository for DateTime can be found at
       <https://github.com/houseabsolute/DateTime.pm>.

AUTHOR

       Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is Copyright (c) 2003 - 2018 by Dave Rolsky.

       This is free software, licensed under:

         The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)

       The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this
       distribution.