Date::Manip::MigrationUser(Contributed Perl DocDate::Manip::Migration5to6(3pm)
NAME
Date::Manip::Migration5to6 - how to upgrade from 5.xx to 6.00
SYNOPSIS
When upgrading from Date::Manip 5.xx to 6.00, a few changes may be
necessary to your scripts.
The Date::Manip::Changes5to6 document lists in more detail the ways in
which Date::Manip changed, but very few of these actually entail
changes to your script.
It should be noted that once the changes are made to your script, it
will no longer run correctly in 5.xx.
NECESSARY AND SUGGESTED CHANGES
The following changes are necessary, or strongly suggested:
Reading config files with Date_Init
If you use Date_Init to read any config files (if you do business
mode calculations, you probably do), you should remove all of the
following config variables from your call to Date_Init:
GlobalCnf=FILE
PersonalCnf=FILE
PathSep=*
IgnoreGlobalCnf=*
PersonalCnfPath=*
and replace them with:
ConfigFile=FILE
where FILE is now the full path to a config file. Also, the
ConfigFile argument should be the first argument in Date_Init.
Date_ConvTZ
The Date_ConvTZ function has changed. It should now take 3
arguments:
$date = Date_ConvTZ($date,$from,$to);
If $from is not given, it defaults to the local time zone. If $to
is not given, it defaults to the local time zone.
The date is converted from the $from time zone into the $to time
zone. Both should be any time zone (or alias) supported by
Date::Manip.
The old $errlevel argument is no longer handled.
ConvTZ and TZ config variables
If you use either the ConvTZ or TZ config variables, you should
replace them with either SetDate or ForceDate. See the
Date::Manip::Config document for information.
The TZ variable will continue to work until Dec 2015 at which point
it will be removed.
Other deprecated config variables
The following config variables have been deprecated, but will
continue to function (though they will be removed at a future
date):
TZ (removed Mar 2016)
The following variables have been removed. If you use any of them,
you may need to modify your scripts:
IntCharSet
GlobalCnf
PersonalCnf
PathSep
IgnoreGlobalCnf
PersonalCnfPath
ConvTZ
Internal
TodayIsMidnight
DeltaSigns
UpdateCurrTZ
ResetWorkdDay
today, yesterday, tomorrow
If you parse the strings "today", "yesterday", or "tomorrow" in
order to get the time now, or 24 hours in the past/future, this
will no longer work. These strings now refer strictly to the date
(so "today" is the current day at midnight, "yesterday" is the
previous day at midnight, etc.).
To get the time now, 24 hours ago, or 24 hours in the future, you
would need to parse the strings "now", "-24:00:00", or "+24:00:00"
respectively.
Do not use Memoize
In 5.xx, it was documented that you could use the module Memoize to
speed up Date::Manip, especially when sorting dates.
This information is no longer accurate. Using Memoize in
conjunction with Date::Manip should have little impact on
performance, and may lead to incorrect results, especially if you
change config variables.
Please refer to "GENERAL CHANGES" in Date::Manip::Changes5to6 for
more information.
If you find other instances where it is necessary to modify your
script, please email me so that I can add that information to this
document.
BUGS AND QUESTIONS
Please refer to the Date::Manip::Problems documentation for information
on submitting bug reports or questions to the author.
SEE ALSO
Date::Manip - main module documentation
LICENSE
This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
AUTHOR
Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org)
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