NAME

DateTime::TimeZone::Alias - Create aliases for DateTime timezones

SYNOPSIS

use DateTime::TimeZone::Alias Hawaii => 'Pacific/Honolulu',
                              EST => 'Australia/Melbourne';

or

DateTime::TimeZone::Alias->set( Pain => 'America/Dawson_Creek', %hash );

or

DateTime::TimeZone::Alias->remove( Hawaii, EST, Pain );

DESCRIPTION

Creates and deletes aliases for DateTime timezones. This module violates the encapsulation of the DateTime internals. User _Beware_.

IMPORT PARAMETERS

Accepts a hash representing an alias and the timezone it should represent.

METHODS

• set( alias => timezone, ... )

  Accepts a hash representing an alias and the timezone it should represent.

• remove( alias, ... )

  Accepts a list of aliases to be deleted.

GOTCHAS

Multiple use DateTime::TimeZone::Alias in the same package may not have the desired result if attempting to redefine existing aliases. Use the set method instead.

CREDITS

Everyone at the DateTime Asylum.

AUTHOR

Joshua Hoblitt <jhoblitt@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2003 Joshua Hoblitt. 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.

SEE ALSO

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http://datetime.perl.org/