DateTime::Format::Builder is a Perl module to create datetime parser classes and objects.

SYNOPSIS

package DateTime::Format::Brief;
our $VERSION = 0.07;
use DateTime::Format::Builder
(
parsers => {
parse_datetime => [
{
regex => qr/^(d{4})(dd)(dd)(dd)(dd)(dd)$/,
params => [qw( year month day hour minute second )],
},
{
regex => qr/^(d{4})(dd)(dd)$/,
params => [qw( year month day )],
},
],
}
);

DateTime::Format::Builder creates DateTime parsers. Many string formats of dates and times are simple and just require a basic regular expression to extract the relevant information. Builder provides a simple way to do this without writing reams of structural code.

Builder provides a number of methods, most of which youll never need, or at least rarely need. Theyre provided more for exposing of the modules innards to any subclasses, or for when you need to do something slightly beyond what I expected.