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diff --git a/devel/p5-TimeDate/pkg-descr b/devel/p5-TimeDate/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7e56a1a813b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/p5-TimeDate/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +This is the perl5 TimeDate distribution. It requires perl version 5.003 +or later + +This distribution replaces my earlier GetDate distribution, which was +only a date parser. The date parser contained in this distribution +is far superior to the yacc based parser, and a *lot* fatser. + +The parser contained here will only parse absolute dates, if you want a date +parser that can parse relative dates then take a look at the +Time modules by David Muir on CPAN. + +The file Local.pm.new which is included in this distribution is a patched +version of Time::Local which comes with perl. It fixes two problems + + - It determines the zone offset based on now rather than epoch + - It fixes a problem with looping forever when a year > 1900 is passed in + +Please report any bugs/suggestions to <Graham.Barr@tiuk.ti.com> +Copyright 1996 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. |