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.IX Title "TimeDate 3"
.TH TimeDate 3 "2026-03-21" "perl v5.32.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
TimeDate \- Date and time formatting subroutines
.SH "VERSION"
.IX Header "VERSION"
version 2.35
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 2
\&    use Date::Format;
\&    use Date::Parse;
\&
\&    # Formatting
\&    print time2str("%Y\-%m\-%d %T", time);          # 2024\-01\-15 14:30:00
\&    print time2str("%a %b %e %T %Y\en", time);     # Mon Jan 15 14:30:00 2024
\&
\&    # Parsing
\&    my $time = str2time("Wed, 16 Jun 94 07:29:35 CST");
\&    my ($ss,$mm,$hh,$day,$month,$year,$zone) = strptime("2024\-01\-15T14:30:00Z");
\&
\&    # Multi\-language support
\&    use Date::Language;
\&    my $lang = Date::Language\->new(\*(AqGerman\*(Aq);
\&    print $lang\->time2str("%a %b %e %T %Y\en", time);
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
The TimeDate distribution provides date parsing, formatting, and timezone
handling for Perl.
.IP "Date::Parse" 4
.IX Item "Date::Parse"
Parse date strings in a wide variety of formats into Unix timestamps
or component values.
.IP "Date::Format" 4
.IX Item "Date::Format"
Format Unix timestamps or localtime arrays into strings using
\&\f(CW\*(C`strftime\*(C'\fR\-style conversion specifications.
.IP "Date::Language" 4
.IX Item "Date::Language"
Format and parse dates in over 30 languages including French, German,
Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, and many more.
.IP "Time::Zone" 4
.IX Item "Time::Zone"
Timezone offset lookups and conversions for named timezones.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Date::Format, Date::Parse, Date::Language, Time::Zone
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Graham <gbarr@pobox.com>
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
This software is copyright (c) 2020 by Graham Barr.
.PP
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.