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MT::Telegraph::Util

NAME

MT::Telegraph::Util - Utility methods for the Telegraph framework

VERSION

Telegraph 0.62

SYNOPSIS

  use MT::Telegraph::Util qw(timestamp as_utc);
  
  my $now = timestamp();
  my $yesterday = timstamp(time - 86400);
  my $utc = as_utc('2005-04-22T15:23:12-05:00');

DESCRIPTION

MT::Telegraph::Util is a package of utility functions that are optionally exported into Telegraph modules as needed.

METHODS

• timestamp([$epoch])

  A method that will generate an Movable Type timestamp (yyyymmddhhnnss) from a time represented as seconds from epoch. If a time is not explicitly provided, the current time is used. All times passed through this method are normalized to UTC using the perl function gmtime.

• as_utc($time)

  A method that will convert a standard time string[1] such as RFC822 and W3CDTF/RFC8601 into a Movable Type timestamp. A times are normalized to UTC using the perl function gmtime.

  [1] See the documention for Data::Parse in CPAN for more details on which date formats it can interprept.

AUTHOR & COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2005-2007 Appnel Internet Solutions, LLC, info@appnel.com. All Rights Reserved. This code cannot be redistributed without permission of the author.