NAME

Date::Timezone - Timezone information object.

DESCRIPTION

Date::Timezone contains some specific timezone information. Read-only.

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
my $tz = tzget($name);
my $tz = $date->timezone;
tzset($tz);
$date->timezone($tz);
$date->to_timezone($Tz);
            
          

OBJECT METHODS

name()

timezone name, i.e. 'America/New_York'

is_local()

returns true if this zone is a local timezone

export()

Returns timezone detailed information as a hash reference.

Example of data returned:

            

              
              
{
    future => {
        hasdst => 1,
        outer => {
            end => {sec => 0, mon => 2, week => 2, hour => 2, day => 0, min => 0 },
            offset => -18000,
            isdst => 0,
            gmt_offset => -18000,
            abbrev => 'EST'
        },
        inner => {
            end => {week => 1, mon => 10, min => 0, hour => 2, day => 0, sec => 0},
            offset => -14400,
            abbrev => 'EDT',
            gmt_offset => -14400,
            isdst => 1
        }
    },
    name => 'America/New_York',
    is_local => 0,
    past => {
        abbrev => 'LMT',
        offset => -17762
    },
    transitions => [
        {
            offset => -17762,
            leap_delta => 0,
            abbrev => 'LMT',
            start => '-9223372036854775808',
            leap_corr => 0,
            gmt_offset => -17762,
            isdst => 0
        },
        {
            offset => -18000,
            leap_delta => 0,
            gmt_offset => -18000,
            isdst => 0,
            start => '-2717650800',
            abbrev => 'EST',
            leap_corr => 0
        },
        ...
    ]
}