> On Sat, 1 Nov 2003, Iain Truskett wrote: > > > This any use? > > > > perl -MDateTime::Format=Mail -wle 'print DateTime->now->format_mail' > > Sat, 01 Nov 2003 06:34:12 -0000 > > > > % perl -MDateTime::Format=HTTP -wle 'print DateTime->now->format_http' > > Sat, 01 Nov 2003 06:34:23 GMT > > > > % perl -MDateTime::Format=ICal -wle 'print DateTime->now->format_ical' > > 20031101T063430Z > > > > % perl -MDateTime::Format=Pg -wle 'print DateTime->now->format_pg' > > 2003-11-01 06:34:35+0000 > > I suggested this way, way, way back when this project first started, and a > lot of people really objected to polluting the main DateTime namespace > like this, and I kind of see their point, even though it is darn > convenient. > > I think releasing this as a separate module is reasonable, with > appropriate caveats in the docs.
Would this be better as a decorator that adds a format_datetime method? (decorator setup) DateTime::Format=Pg print DateTime->now->format_datetime 2003-11-01 06:34:35+0000 -J --
