NAME

       DateTime::Infinite - Infinite past and future DateTime objects

VERSION

       version 1.65

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

       The objects are always 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 "$dt->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 "$dt->ymd" or "$dt->iso8601"

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

       Obviously, the "$dt->is_finite" method returns false and the "$dt->is_infinite" method returns true.

SEE ALSO

       datetime@perl.org mailing list

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>.

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 - 2023 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.