XML::XQL::Date

XML::XQL::Date(3)     User Contributed Perl Documentation    XML::XQL::Date(3)



NAME
       XML::XQL::Date - Adds an XQL::Node type for representing and comparing
       dates and times

SYNOPSIS
        use XML::XQL;
        use XML::XQL::Date;

        my $query = new XML::XQL::Query (Expr => "doc//timestamp[. < date('12/31/1999')]");
        my @results = $query->solve ($doc);

DESCRIPTION
       This package uses the Date::Manip package to add an XQL node type
       (called XML::XQL::Date) that can be used to represent dates and times.
       The Date::Manip package can parse almost any date or time format imag-
       inable.  (I tested it with Date::Manip 5.33 and I know for sure that it
       doesn't work with 5.20 or lower.)

       It also adds the XQL date function which creates an XML::XQL::Date
       object from a string. See XML::XQL::Tutorial for a description of the
       date() function.

       You can plug in your own Date type, if you don't want to use
       Date::Manip
        for some reason. See XML::XQL and the XML::XQL::Date source file for
       more details.



perl v5.8.0                       2000-01-31                 XML::XQL::Date(3)