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.IX Title "Mojo::Date 3"
.TH Mojo::Date 3 "2023-03-08" "perl v5.26.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Mojo::Date \- HTTP date
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\&  use Mojo::Date;
\&
\&  # Parse
\&  my $date = Mojo::Date\->new(\*(AqSun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT\*(Aq);
\&  say $date\->epoch;
\&
\&  # Build
\&  my $date = Mojo::Date\->new(time + 60);
\&  say "$date";
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Mojo::Date implements \s-1HTTP\s0 date and time functions, based on \s-1RFC 7230\s0 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230>, \s-1RFC
7231\s0 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231> and \s-1RFC 3339\s0 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339>.
.SH "ATTRIBUTES"
.IX Header "ATTRIBUTES"
Mojo::Date implements the following attributes.
.SS "epoch"
.IX Subsection "epoch"
.Vb 2
\&  my $epoch = $date\->epoch;
\&  $date     = $date\->epoch(784111777);
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Epoch seconds, defaults to the current time.
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
Mojo::Date inherits all methods from Mojo::Base and implements the following new ones.
.SS "new"
.IX Subsection "new"
.Vb 2
\&  my $date = Mojo::Date\->new;
\&  my $date = Mojo::Date\->new(\*(AqSun Nov  6 08:49:37 1994\*(Aq);
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.PP
Construct a new Mojo::Date object and \*(L"parse\*(R" date if necessary.
.SS "parse"
.IX Subsection "parse"
.Vb 1
\&  $date = $date\->parse(\*(AqSun Nov  6 08:49:37 1994\*(Aq);
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Parse date.
.PP
.Vb 3
\&  # Epoch
\&  say Mojo::Date\->new(\*(Aq784111777\*(Aq)\->epoch;
\&  say Mojo::Date\->new(\*(Aq784111777.21\*(Aq)\->epoch;
\&
\&  # RFC 822/1123
\&  say Mojo::Date\->new(\*(AqSun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT\*(Aq)\->epoch;
\&
\&  # RFC 850/1036
\&  say Mojo::Date\->new(\*(AqSunday, 06\-Nov\-94 08:49:37 GMT\*(Aq)\->epoch;
\&
\&  # Ansi C asctime()
\&  say Mojo::Date\->new(\*(AqSun Nov  6 08:49:37 1994\*(Aq)\->epoch;
\&
\&  # RFC 3339
\&  say Mojo::Date\->new(\*(Aq1994\-11\-06T08:49:37Z\*(Aq)\->epoch;
\&  say Mojo::Date\->new(\*(Aq1994\-11\-06T08:49:37\*(Aq)\->epoch;
\&  say Mojo::Date\->new(\*(Aq1994\-11\-06T08:49:37.21Z\*(Aq)\->epoch;
\&  say Mojo::Date\->new(\*(Aq1994\-11\-06T08:49:37+01:00\*(Aq)\->epoch;
\&  say Mojo::Date\->new(\*(Aq1994\-11\-06T08:49:37\-01:00\*(Aq)\->epoch;
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.SS "to_datetime"
.IX Subsection "to_datetime"
.Vb 1
\&  my $str = $date\->to_datetime;
.Ve
.PP
Render \s-1RFC 3339\s0 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339> date and time.
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.Vb 2
\&  # "1994\-11\-06T08:49:37Z"
\&  Mojo::Date\->new(784111777)\->to_datetime;
\&
\&  # "1994\-11\-06T08:49:37.21Z"
\&  Mojo::Date\->new(784111777.21)\->to_datetime;
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.SS "to_string"
.IX Subsection "to_string"
.Vb 1
\&  my $str = $date\->to_string;
.Ve
.PP
Render date suitable for \s-1HTTP\s0 messages.
.PP
.Vb 2
\&  # "Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT"
\&  Mojo::Date\->new(784111777)\->to_string;
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.SH "OPERATORS"
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Mojo::Date overloads the following operators.
.SS "bool"
.IX Subsection "bool"
.Vb 1
\&  my $bool = !!$date;
.Ve
.PP
Always true.
.SS "stringify"
.IX Subsection "stringify"
.Vb 1
\&  my $str = "$date";
.Ve
.PP
Alias for \*(L"to_string\*(R".
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, <https://mojolicious.org>.