use base 'Exporter';
use version; our $VERSION = qv('1.0.0');
-our @EXPORT = (qw( dt_from_string output_pref));
+our @EXPORT = (qw( dt_from_string output_pref format_sqldatetime));
=head1 DateUtils
} else {
if ( $date_format eq 'iso' ) {
$date_string =~ s/-00/-01/;
- if ( $date_string =~ m/^0000-00/ ) {
+ if ( $date_string =~ m/^0000-0/ ) {
return; # invalid date in db
}
} elsif ( $date_format eq 'us' ) {
- $date_string =~ s[-00-][-01-];
+ $date_string =~ s#-#/#g;
+ $date_string =~ s[/00/][/01/];
} elsif ( $date_format eq 'sql' ) {
$date_string =~
s/(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})\s+(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})/$1-$2-$3T$4:$5:$6/;
return;
}
+=head2 format_sqldatetime
+
+$string = format_sqldatetime( $string_as_returned_from_db );
+
+a convenience routine for calling dt_from_string and formatting the result
+with output_pref as it is a frequent activity in scripts
+
+=cut
+
+sub format_sqldatetime {
+ my $str = shift;
+ my $force_pref = shift; # if testing we want to override Context
+ if ( defined $str && $str =~ m/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}/ ) {
+ my $dt = dt_from_string( $str, 'sql' );
+ $dt->truncate( to => 'minutes' );
+ return output_pref( $dt, $force_pref );
+ }
+ return q{};
+}
+
1;