Date::CommonFormats 0.04 Released!

I have cleaned up this module a bit. Here are some of the changes:

0.04    Mon Jun 13 17:00:00 PDT 2011
        - Added DateTime::Format::MySQL for format checking
        - Fixed bug in w3c year - was not padding 4 spaces
        - STarting to use DateTime object instead of splitting by hand for most functions

0.03    Mon Jun 13 14:00:00 PDT 2011
        - Fixed undefined time values when only passed a date
        - Added Carp croak on bad date/datetime instead of returning ""

0.02    Sun Jun 5 12:00:00 PDT 2011
        - Fixed Makefile.PL dependencies

Last time I didn't go into detail about the specific features provided by Date::CommonFormats so here is a quick overview:

   format_date_integer
       Use this function for reducing a date or datetime to an integer useful in comparisons.

       if (format_date_integer($date1) > format_date_integer($date2)) { if (format_date_integer($datetime1) > format_date_integer($datetime2)) {

               ...
       }

   format_date_rss
       Use this for formatting dates in the proper format for an RSS feed.

       my $rss_formatted_date = format_date_rss($datetime);

   format_date_usenglish
       Use this for formatting dates in US English similar to what you would see in a US newspaper or blog entry.

       my $formatted_date = format_date_usenglish($date); my $formatted_date = format_date_usenglish($datetime);

   format_date_usenglish_long_ampm
       Use this for formatting dates in US English similar to what you would see in a US newspaper or blog entry. This is the same as usenglish except it includes the time in AM/PM format.

       my $formatted_date = format_date_usenglish_long_ampm($datetime);

   format_date_cms_publishdate
       Use this for formatting dates in short 24 hour format which is useful in a CRUD list screen where you need to see and sort by datetime but need to conserve space on the page by keeping your columns narrow.

       my $formatted_date = format_date_cms_publishdate($datetime);

   format_date_w3c
       Use this for formatting dates in the W3C accepted format as described by ISO 8601. This can be useful for certain XML applications.

       my $formatted_date = format_date_w3c($datetime);

Enjoy!