Template::Plugin::ByDate 0.03

Template::Plugin::ByDate is a Perl module that keeps/removes included text based on whether the current date is within range.

SYNOPSIS

[% USE ByDate %]

[% FILTER ByDate
starting = 2006-05-02
until = 2006-08-22 %]
This text only shows up from May 2, 2006 through August 22, 2006.
[% END %]

FUNCTIONS

init

filter

We accept one optional argument, the word "not". If specified, it will reverse the meaning of the filter: rather than keeping the text if the current date is between starting and until, ignore it. e.g.,

[% FILTER ByDate
starting = 2006-05-02
until = 2006-08-22 %]
This only shows up inside the date range
[% END %]
while
[% FILTER ByDate
not starting = 2006-05-02
until = 2006-08-22 %]
This only shows up outside the date range
[% END %]

The starting and until dates are actually parsed by Date::Parse. If you do not specify a time, the starting time is 00:00:00, while the until time is 23:59:59. This is done by checking the until stamp for a colon - if there is no colon, we add " 23:59:59" to the string before passing it into Date::Parse. If that doesnt work for you, please let me know what string youre using.