NAME
Date::Japanese::Era::Table::Builder - conversion table builder for Date::Japanese::Era
SYNOPSIS
use Date::Japanese::Era 'Builder';
# Sets the table up as JIS_X0301
Date::Japanese::Era::Table::Builder::build_table(
["\x{660E}\x{6CBB}", 'meiji', 1868, 9, 8],
["\x{5927}\x{6B63}", 'taishou', 1912, 7, 31],
["\x{662D}\x{548C}", 'shouwa', 1926, 12, 26],
["\x{5E73}\x{6210}", 'heisei', 1989, 1, 8],
);DESCRIPTION
This module is used to define the conversion table used by Date::Japanese::Era, unfettered by concepts such as "post-gregorian-calender", "past eras only" and "factually correct".
The module has three primary uses: The (far) past, the (far) future, and the (alternate) present, and was written as a writing aid when dealing with stories relating to future eras of Japan, although it's equally useful for quick conversion of old eras in a selected range, or accessing the calendar as it would look with alternate era names.
METHODS
- build_table
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The module has one subroutine: Date::Japanese::Era::Table::Builder::build_table(), which takes a list of eras in contiguous order of earliest to latest, each an array reference containing, in order, the proper era name, the ASCII era name, and the gregorian year, month and day that constitutes the first day of the era. (See example under SYNOPSIS.)
When using this module, it is critical that this subroutine is called before any calls to Date::Japanese::Era, unless you really know what you are doing.
AUTHOR
Williham Totland <williham.totland@gmail.com>
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
HISTORY
Developed as an extension to Date::Japanese::Era by Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@bulknews.net>.