DateTime::Locale::Base - Base class for individual locale objects

  use base 'DateTime::Locale::Base';

Each locale has a set of four default date and time formats. They are distinguished by length, and are called full, long, medium, and short. Each locale may have a different default length which it uses when its CWdefault_date_format(), CWdefault_time_format(), or CWdefault_datetime_format() methods are called.

This can be changed by calling the CWset_default_date_format() or CWset_default_time_format() methods. These methods accept a string which must be one of full, long, medium, or short.

If you are writing a subclass of this class, then you must provide the following methods:

* month_names

Returns an array reference containing the full names of the months, with January as the first month.

* month_abbreviations

Returns an array reference containing the abbreviated names of the months, with January as the first month.

* month_narrows

Returns an array reference containing the narrow names of the months, with January as the first month. Narrow names are the shortest possible names, and need not be unique.

* day_names

Returns an array reference containing the full names of the days, with Monday as the first day.

* day_abbreviations

Returns an array reference containing the abbreviated names of the days, with Monday as the first day.

* day_narrows

Returns an array reference containing the narrow names of the days, with Monday as the first day. Narrow names are the shortest possible names, and need not be unique.

* am_pms

Returns an array reference containing the localized forms of AM and PM.

* eras

Returns an array reference containing the localized forms of BCE and CE.

* long_date_format, full_date_format, medium_date_format, short_date_format

Returns the date format of the appropriate length.

* long_time_format, full_time_format, medium_time_format, short_time_format

Returns the date format of the appropriate length.

* date_before_time

This returns a boolean value indicating whether or not the date comes before the time when formatting a complete date and time for presentation.

* date_parts_order

This returns a string indicating the order of the parts of a date that is in the form XX/YY/ZZ. The possible values are dmy, mdy, ydm and ymd.

* _default_date_format_length

This should return a string which is one of long, full, medium, or short. It indicates the default date format length for the locale.

* _default_time_format_length

This should return a string which is one of long, full, medium, or short. It indicates the default time format length for the locale.

Support for this module is provided via the datetime@perl.org email list. See http://lists.perl.org/ for more details.

Richard Evans <rich@ridas.com>

Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>

Copyright (c) 2003 Richard Evans. Copyright (c) 2004-2005 David Rolsky. All rights reserved.

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

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.