NAME

PDL::DateTime - A piddle for keeping high precision (microsecond) timestamps

DESCRIPTION

PDL::DateTime is a subclass of PDL piddle for storing date-time values (scalar piddles, vectors, matrices or generally ND-piddles):

its PDL type is always LongLong (64-bit signed integer)
stored values are microseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z (can be both positive or negative)
it is still a piddle so you can do all usual PDL arithmetic + PDL::DateTime defines some new methods (see below)

LIMITATIONS

supported datetimes are from 0001-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z (epoch microseconds: -62135596800000000) to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999Z (epoch microseconds: 253402300799999999)
leap seconds are completely ignored
no timezone handling (module uses GMT, date time values without offset/timezone are considered to be GMT)
this module works only on perls with 64-bit integers, check perl -V:ivsize (should be ivsize='8')
no chance for nanoseconds precision, maybe in a separate module e.g. PDL::DateTime::Ns

SYNOPSIS


            
              
              use 5.010;
use PDL;
use PDL::DateTime;
my $dt_1 = PDL::DateTime->new_sequence('2015-09-20T15:45', 5, 'hour');
say $dt_1;
# [ 2015-09-20T15:45 2015-09-20T16:45 2015-09-20T17:45 2015-09-20T18:45 2015-09-20T19:45 ]
say $dt_1->where($dt_1 > '2015-09-20T17:00');
# [ 2015-09-20T17:45 2015-09-20T18:45 2015-09-20T19:45 ]
say $dt_1->dt_hour;
# [15 16 17 18 19]
say $dt_1->dt_minute;
# [45 45 45 45 45]
say $dt_1->dt_add(year=> 4, month=>6, day=>3);
# [ 2020-03-23T15:45 2020-03-23T16:45 2020-03-23T17:45 2020-03-23T18:45 2020-03-23T19:45 ]
my $dt_2 = PDL::DateTime->new_sequence('2015-11-22T23:23:23.654321', 4, 'day');
say $dt_2;
# [ 2015-11-22T23:23:23.654321 2015-11-23T23:23:23.654321 2015-11-24T23:23:23.654321 2015-11-25T23:23:23.654321 ]
say $dt_2->dt_align('day');
# [ 2015-11-22 2015-11-23 2015-11-24 2015-11-25 ]
say $dt_2->dt_align('hour');
# [ 2015-11-22T23:00 2015-11-23T23:00 2015-11-24T23:00 2015-11-25T23:00 ]
say $dt_2->dt_align('minute');
# [ 2015-11-22T23:23 2015-11-23T23:23 2015-11-24T23:23 2015-11-25T23:23 ]

FUNCTIONS

new


            
              
              my $p = PDL::DateTime->new($pdl_or_array_ref);
# input data = microseconds (LongLong) since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z (positive or negative)
# input data are always converted to LongLong

new_from_epoch


            
              
              my $p = PDL::DateTime->new_from_epoch($pdl_or_array_ref);
# BEWARE: precision in miliseconds only!
# input data = seconds (int or double) since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z (positive or negative)

new_from_ratadie


            
              
              my $p = PDL::DateTime->new_from_ratadie($pdl_or_array_ref);
# BEWARE: precision in miliseconds only!
# input data = days (int or double) since January 1, 0001 AD 00:00

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rata_Die

new_from_serialdate


            
              
              my $p = PDL::DateTime->new_from_serialdate($pdl_or_array_ref);
# BEWARE: precision in miliseconds only!
# input data = days (int or double) since January 1, 0000 AD 00:00

See http://www.mathworks.com/help/finance/handling-and-converting-dates.html

new_from_juliandate


            
              
              my $p = PDL::DateTime->new_from_juliandate($pdl_or_array_ref);
# BEWARE: precision in miliseconds only!
# input data = days (int or double) since November 24, 4714 BC 12:00

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day

new_from_datetime


            
              
              my $p = PDL::DateTime->new_from_datetime($array_ref);
# input data = array of ISO 8601 date time strings
my $dt = PDL::DateTime->new_from_datetime([
   [ '2015-09-20T15:45', '2015-09-20T16:45', '2015-09-20T17:45' ],
   [ '2016-09-20T15:45', '2016-09-20T16:45', '2016-09-20T17:45' ],
   [ '2017-09-20T15:45', '2017-09-20T16:45', '2017-09-20T17:45' ],
]);

Supported formats - see Time::Moment.

new_from_parts


            
              
              my $p = PDL::DateTime->new_from_parts($y, $m, $d, $H, $M, $S, $U);
# all arguments are either piddles or array refs
# $y .. years (1..9999)
# $m .. months (1..12)
# $d .. days (1..31)
# $H .. hours (0..23)
# $M .. minutes (0..59)
# $S .. seconds (0..59)
# $U .. microseconds (0..999999)

new_from_ymd


            
              
              my $p = PDL::DateTime->new_from_ymd($ymd);
# BEWARE: handles only dates!
# $ymd (piddle or array ref) with dates like:
# [ 20150831, 20150901, 20150902 ]

new_sequence


            
              
              my $p = PDL::DateTime->new_sequence($start, $count, $unit, $step);
# $start .. ISO 8601 date time string (starting datetime) or 'now'
# $count .. length of the sequence (incl. starting point)
# $unit  .. step unit 'year', 'quarter', 'month', 'week',
#                     'day', 'hour', 'minute', 'second'
# $step  .. how many units there are between two seq elements (default: 1)

double_epoch


            
              
              my $dbl = $p->double_epoch;
# BEWARE: precision loss, before exporting the time is truncated to miliseconds!
# returns Double piddle

longlong_epoch


            
              
              my $epoch = $p->longlong_epoch;
# BEWARE: precision loss, before exporting the time is truncated to seconds!
# returns LongLong piddle
# NOTE: $p->longlong_epoch is equivalent to: longlong(floor($p->double_epoch))
# 1969-12-31T23:59:58        double_epoch = -2.0      longlong_epoch = -2
# 1969-12-31T23:59:58.001    double_epoch = -1.999    longlong_epoch = -2
# 1969-12-31T23:59:58.999    double_epoch = -1.001    longlong_epoch = -2
# 1969-12-31T23:59:59        double_epoch = -1.0      longlong_epoch = -1
# 1969-12-31T23:59:59.001    double_epoch = -0.999    longlong_epoch = -1
# 1969-12-31T23:59:59.999    double_epoch = -0.001    longlong_epoch = -1
# 1970-01-01T00:00:00        double_epoch =  0.0      longlong_epoch =  0
# 1970-01-01T00:00:00.001    double_epoch =  0.001    longlong_epoch =  0
# 1970-01-01T00:00:00.999    double_epoch =  0.999    longlong_epoch =  0
# 1970-01-01T00:00:01        double_epoch =  1.0      longlong_epoch =  1

double_ratadie


            
              
              my $dbl = $p->double_ratadie;
# BEWARE: precision loss, before exporting the time is truncated to miliseconds!
# returns Double piddle

double_serialdate


            
              
              my $dbl = $p->double_serialdate;
# BEWARE: precision loss, before exporting the time is truncated to miliseconds!
# returns Double piddle

double_juliandate


            
              
              my $dbl = $p->double_juliandate;
# BEWARE: precision loss, before exporting the time is truncated to miliseconds!
# returns Double piddle

dt_year


            
              
              my $y = $p->dt_year;
# returns: $y Short piddle (values 1 .. 9999)

dt_quarter


            
              
              my $m = $p->dt_quarter;
# returns: $m Byte piddle (values 1 .. 4)

dt_month


            
              
              my $m = $p->dt_month;
# returns: $m Byte piddle (values 1 .. 12)

dt_day


            
              
              my $d = $p->dt_day;
# returns: $d Byte piddle (values 1 .. 31)

dt_ymd

If you need all year, month and day values it is more effective to use one dt_ymd call instead of separately calling dt_year, dt_month and dt_day.


            
              
              my ($y, $m, $d) = $p->dt_ymd;
# returns 3 piddles: $y Short, $m Byte, $d Byte

dt_hour


            
              
              my $H = $p->dt_hour;
# returns Byte piddle (values 0 .. 23)

dt_minute


            
              
              my $M = $p->dt_minute;
# returns Byte piddle (values 0 .. 59)

dt_second


            
              
              my $S = $p->dt_second;
# returns Byte piddle (values 0 .. 59)

dt_microsecond


            
              
              my $U = $p->dt_microsecond;
# returns Long piddle (values 0 .. 999_999)

dt_day_of_week


            
              
              my $wd = $p->dt_day_of_week;
# returns Byte piddle (values 1=Mon .. 7=Sun)

dt_day_of_year


            
              
              my $wd = $p->dt_day_of_year;
# returns Short piddle (values 1 .. 366)

dt_add


            
              
              my $p->dt_add($unit, $num);
# adds $num datetime units
# $num can be positive (addition) or negative (subtraction)
# $unit .. 'year', 'quarter', 'month', 'week', 'day', 'hour',
#          'minute', 'second', 'millisecond', 'microsecond'
my $p->dt_add(day => 2);
# turns e.g. 2015-08-20T23:24:25.123456Z
# into       2015-08-22T23:24:25.123456Z
my $p->dt_add(day => -2);
# turns e.g. 2015-08-20T23:24:25.123456Z
# into       2015-08-18T23:24:25.123456Z
my $p->dt_add(day => 2, year => 3, month => 1);
# turns e.g. 2015-08-20T23:24:25.123456Z
# into       2018-09-22T23:24:25.123456Z
#NOTE: supports also inplace
$p->inplace->dt_add(day => 2);

dt_align


            
              
              my $p->dt_align($unit);
# $unit .. 'year', 'quarter', 'month', 'week', 'day', 'hour',
#          'minute', 'second', 'millisecond', 'microsecond'
my $p->dt_align('minute');
# turns e.g. 2015-08-20T23:24:25.123456Z
# into       2015-08-20T23:24:00.000000Z
my $p->dt_align($unit, $upper); #second optional param
# $upper .. 1 or 0 (default), align to upper boundary (end of period)
#           only for 'year', 'quarter', 'month', 'week'
# let's have: 2015-08-20T23:24:25.123456Z
$p->dt_align('year');       # -> 2015-01-01
$p->dt_align('year', 1);    # -> 2015-12-31 (the last day of year)
$p->dt_align('quarter');    # -> 2015-07-01
$p->dt_align('quarter', 1); # -> 2015-09-30 (the last day of quarter)
$p->dt_align('month');      # -> 2015-08-01
$p->dt_align('month', 1);   # -> 2015-08-31 (the last day of month)
$p->dt_align('week');       # -> 2015-08-17 (Monday)
$p->dt_align('week', 1);    # -> 2015-08-23 (Sunday)
#NOTE: supports also inplace
$p->inplace->dt_align('minute');

dt_unpdl


            
              
              my $array = $p->dt_unpdl;
my $array = $p->dt_unpdl($format);
my $array = $p->dt_unpdl('%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S');
# returns perl arrayref with ISO 8601 date time strings
my $array = $p->dt_unpdl('auto');
# uses ISO 8601 format autodetected to be as short as possible
# e.g. 2015-09-07T22:53 when all piddle values have 0 seconds and 0 microseconds
# $format 'auto' is default when dt_unpdl is called without param
my $array = $p->dt_unpdl('epoch');
# returns perl arrayref (not a piddle) with epoch seconds as double
# BEWARE: precision loss, before exporting the time is truncated to miliseconds!
my $array = $p->dt_unpdl('epoch_int');
# returns perl arrayref (not a piddle) with epoch seconds as integer values
# BEWARE: precision loss, before exporting the time is truncated to seconds!
my $array = $p->dt_unpdl('Time::Moment');
# returns perl arrayref with Time::Moment objects

See Time::Moment (which we use for stringification) for supported formats.

dt_at


            
              
              my $datetime = $p->dt_at(@coords)
#or
my $datetime = $p->dt_at(@coords, $format)
# returns ISO 8601 date time string for value at given piddle co-ordinates
# optional $format arg - same as by dt_unpdl

dt_set


            
              
              $p->dt_set(@coords, $datetime_or_epoch);
# sets $datetime_or_epoch as value at given piddle co-ordinates
# $datetime_or_epoch can be ISO 8601 string or epoch seconds (double or int)

dt_diff


            
              
              my $deltas = $p->dt_diff;
#or
my $deltas = $p->dt_diff($unit);
# $unit .. 'week', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', 'second', 'millisecond'

dt_periodicity


            
              
              my $per = $p->dt_periodicity;
# estimates the periodicity by calculating the median time between observations
# returns: "microsecond", "millisecond", "second", "minute"
#          "hour", "day", "week", "month", "quarter"
#          or an empty string

dt_startpoints

Extract index values corresponding to the first observations given a period specified by $unit


            
              
              my $end_idx = $p->dt_startpoints($unit);
# $unit .. accepts same values as dt_align

Example:


            
              
              my $dt = PDL::DateTime->new_from_datetime([qw/
   2015-03-24 2015-03-25 2015-03-28 2015-04-01
   2015-04-02 2015-04-30 2015-05-01 2015-05-10
/]);
print $dt->dt_startpoints('month');
# prints: [0 3 6]
print $dt->dt_startpoints('quarter');
# prints: [0 3]

dt_endpoints

Extract index values corresponding to the last observations given a period specified by $unit


            
              
              my $end_idx = $p->dt_endpoints($unit);
# $unit .. accepts same values as dt_align

Example:


            
              
              my $dt = PDL::DateTime->new_from_datetime([qw/
   2015-03-24 2015-03-25 2015-03-28 2015-04-01
   2015-04-02 2015-04-30 2015-05-01 2015-05-10
/]);
print $dt->dt_endpoints('month');
# prints: [2 5 7]
print $dt->dt_endpoints('quarter');
# prints: [2 7]

dt_slices

Combines "dt_startpoints" and "dt_endpoints" and returns 2D piddle like this:


            
              
              my $dt = PDL::DateTime->new_from_datetime([qw/
   2015-03-24 2015-03-25 2015-03-28 2015-04-01
   2015-04-02 2015-04-30 2015-05-01 2015-05-10
/]);
print $dt->dt_slices('month');
# [
#  [0 2]    ... start index == 0, end index == 2
#  [3 5]    ... start index == 3, end index == 5
#  [6 7]    ... start index == 6, end index == 7
# ]
print $dt->dt_slices('quarter');
# [
#  [0 2]
#  [3 7]
# ]

The piddle returned by this function can be passed to apply_slice.

dt_nperiods

Calculate the number of periods specified by $unit in a given time series. The resulting value is approximate, derived from counting the endpoints.


            
              
              $dt->dt_nperiods($unit)
# $unit .. 'year', 'quarter', 'month', 'week', 'day', 'hour',
#          'minute', 'second', 'millisecond', 'microsecond'

is_increasing


            
              
              print $dt->is_increasing ? "is increasing" : "no";
#or
print $dt->is_increasing(1) ? "is strictly increasing" : "no";

is_decreasing


            
              
              print $dt->is_decreasing ? "is decreasing" : "no";
#or
print $dt->is_decreasing(1) ? "is strictly decreasing" : "no";

is_uniq


            
              
              print $dt->is_uniq ? "all items are uniq" : "no";

is_regular


            
              
              print $dt->is_regular ? "all periods between items are the same" : "no";

LICENSE

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

COPYRIGHT

2015+ KMX <kmx@cpan.org>

To install PDL::DateTime, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm

cpanm PDL::DateTime

CPAN shell

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install PDL::DateTime

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

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NAME

DESCRIPTION

LIMITATIONS

SYNOPSIS

FUNCTIONS

new

new_from_epoch

new_from_ratadie

new_from_serialdate

new_from_juliandate

new_from_datetime

new_from_parts

new_from_ymd

new_sequence

double_epoch

longlong_epoch

double_ratadie

double_serialdate

double_juliandate

dt_year

dt_quarter

dt_month

dt_day

dt_ymd

dt_hour

dt_minute

dt_second

dt_microsecond

dt_day_of_week

dt_day_of_year

dt_add

dt_align

dt_unpdl

dt_at

dt_set

dt_diff

dt_periodicity

dt_startpoints

dt_endpoints

dt_slices

dt_nperiods

is_increasing

is_decreasing

is_uniq

is_regular

SEE ALSO

LICENSE

COPYRIGHT

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