DateTime::SpanSet - set of DateTime spans


NAME

DateTime::SpanSet - set of DateTime spans


SYNOPSIS

    $spanset = DateTime::SpanSet->from_spans( spans => [ $dt_span, $dt_span ] );
    $set = $spanset->union( $set2 );         # like "OR", "insert", "both"
    $set = $spanset->complement( $set2 );    # like "delete", "remove"
    $set = $spanset->intersection( $set2 );  # like "AND", "while"
    $set = $spanset->complement;             # like "NOT", "negate", "invert"
    if ( $spanset->intersects( $set2 ) ) { ...  # like "touches", "interferes"
    if ( $spanset->contains( $set2 ) ) { ...    # like "is-fully-inside"
    # data extraction 
    $date = $spanset->min;           # first date of the set
    $date = $spanset->max;           # last date of the set
    $iter = $spanset->iterator;
    while ( $dt = $iter->next ) {
        # $dt is a DateTime::Span
        print $dt->start->ymd;   # first date of span
        print $dt->end->ymd;     # last date of span
    };


DESCRIPTION

DateTime::SpanSet is a class that represents sets of datetime spans. An example would be a recurring meeting that occurs from 13:00-15:00 every Friday.


METHODS


SUPPORT

Support is offered through the datetime@perl.org mailing list.

Please report bugs using rt.cpan.org


AUTHOR

Flavio Soibelmann Glock <fglock@pucrs.br>

The API was developed together with Dave Rolsky and the DateTime Community.


COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2003 Flavio Soibelmann Glock. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can distribute 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

Set::Infinite

For details on the Perl DateTime Suite project please see http://datetime.perl.org.

 DateTime::SpanSet - set of DateTime spans