Time::Piece::ISO version 0.12 ============================= This module subclasses Matt Seargent's [Time::Piece](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Time::Piece) module in order to change its stringification and string comparison behavior to use the ISO 8601 format instead of localtime's `ctime` format. Although it does break the backwards compatibility with the builtin `localtime` and `gmtime` functions that Time::Piece offers, Time::Piece::ISO is designed to promote the more standard ISO format as a new way of handling dates. I decided to create this module for two simple reasons: First, default support for the ISO 8601 date format seems to be the direction in which Perl 6 is heading. And second, the ISO 8601 format tends to be more widely compatible with RDBMS date time column type formats. That said, the [DateTime](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?DateTime) module has since come to be, and it should probably be preferred to this module whenever possible. Installation ------------ To install this module, type the following: perl Build.PL ./Build ./Build test ./Build install Or, if you don't have Module::Build installed, type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install Dependencies ------------ This module subclasses and requires the Time::Piece module from the CPAN. Copyright and License Copyright (c) 2002-2011, David E. Wheeler. Some Rights Reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.