NAME

HTML::Microformats::Datatype::Duration - floating periods of time

SYNOPSIS

my $duration = HTML::Microformats::Datatype::Duration->new($d);
print "$duration\n";

DESCRIPTION

Constructors

$d = HTML::Microformats::Datatype::Duration->new($duration)

Creates a new HTML::Microformats::Datatype::Duration object.

$duration is a DateTime::Duration object.

$d = HTML::Microformats::Datatype::Duration->parse($string, $elem, $context)

Creates a new HTML::Microformats::Datatype::Duration object.

$string is a duration represented in ISO 8601 format, for example: 'P1Y' or 'PT2H29M58.682S'. $elem is the XML::LibXML::Element being parsed. $context is the document context.

The standard way of representing durations in Microformats is as an ISO 8601 string:

<abbr class="duration" title="P4DT4H">4 and a half days</abbr>

This constructor also supports a number of experimental microformat duration patterns. ISO-31 class names are supported:

<div class="duration">
 <span claa="d">4</span> and
 <abbr title="12" class="h">a half</abbr> days.
</div>

As are metric/SI measures (in seconds):

<span class="duration">124 s</span>
<span class="duration">124</span> seconds

Or using an hMeasure microformat with no 'item' property, the 'type' property either absent or a case-insensitive match of 'duration' and a unit property of 's'/'sec'/'seconds', 'min'/'minutes', 'h'/'hours' or 'd'/'days'. For example:

<span class="duration hmeasure">
 <b class="unit">Days</b>: <span class="num">4.5</span>
</span>

Public Methods

$d->duration

Returns a DateTime::Duration object.

$d->to_string

Returns an ISO 8601 formatted string representing the duration.

$d->datatype

Returns an the RDF datatype URI representing the data type of this literal.

Functions

compare($a, $b)

Compares durations $a and $b. Return values are as per 'cmp' (see perlfunc).

Note that there is not always a consistent answer when comparing durations. 30 days is longer than a month in February, but shorter than a month in January. Durations are compared as if they were applied to the current datetime (i.e. now).

This function is not exported by default.

Can also be used as a method:

$a->compare($b);

$c = add($a, $b)

Adds two durations together.

This function is not exported by default.

Can also be used as a method:

$c = $a->add($b);

$c = subtract($a, $b)

Subtracts duration $b from $a.

This function is not exported by default.

Can also be used as a method:

$c = $a->subtract($b);

BUGS

Please report any bugs to http://rt.cpan.org/.

SEE ALSO

HTML::Microformats, HTML::Microformats::Datatype, DateTime::Duration.

AUTHOR

Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright 2008-2012 Toby Inkster

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.