1 package DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::DateTime;
5 use base qw/DBIx::Class/;
6 use Carp::Clan qw/^DBIx::Class/;
10 DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::DateTime - Auto-create DateTime objects from date and datetime columns.
14 Load this component and then declare one or more
15 columns to be of the datetime, timestamp or date datatype.
18 __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/InflateColumn::DateTime Core/);
19 __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
20 starts_when => { data_type => 'datetime' }
23 NOTE: You B<must> load C<InflateColumn::DateTime> B<before> C<Core>. See
24 L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Component> for details.
26 Then you can treat the specified column as a L<DateTime> object.
28 print "This event starts the month of ".
29 $event->starts_when->month_name();
31 If you want to set a specific timezone and locale for that field, use:
33 __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
34 starts_when => { data_type => 'datetime', timezone => "America/Chicago", locale => "de_DE" }
37 If you want to inflate no matter what data_type your column is,
38 use inflate_datetime or inflate_date:
40 __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
41 starts_when => { data_type => 'varchar', inflate_datetime => 1 }
44 __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
45 starts_when => { data_type => 'varchar', inflate_date => 1 }
48 It's also possible to explicitly skip inflation:
50 __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
51 starts_when => { data_type => 'datetime', inflate_datetime => 0 }
54 NOTE: Don't rely on C<InflateColumn::DateTime> to parse date strings for you.
55 The column is set directly for any non-references and C<InflateColumn::DateTime>
56 is completely bypassed. Instead, use an input parser to create a DateTime
57 object. For instance, if your user input comes as a 'YYYY-MM-DD' string, you can
58 use C<DateTime::Format::ISO8601> thusly:
60 use DateTime::Format::ISO8601;
61 my $dt = DateTime::Format::ISO8601->parse_datetime('YYYY-MM-DD');
65 This module figures out the type of DateTime::Format::* class to
66 inflate/deflate with based on the type of DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::*
67 that you are using. If you switch from one database to a different
68 one your code should continue to work without modification (though note
69 that this feature is new as of 0.07, so it may not be perfect yet - bug
70 reports to the list very much welcome).
72 For more help with using components, see L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Component/USING>.
76 __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/InflateColumn/);
78 __PACKAGE__->mk_group_accessors('simple' => '__datetime_parser');
80 =head2 register_column
82 Chains with the L<DBIx::Class::Row/register_column> method, and sets
83 up datetime columns appropriately. This would not normally be
84 directly called by end users.
86 In the case of an invalid date, L<DateTime> will throw an exception. To
87 bypass these exceptions and just have the inflation return undef, use
88 the C<datetime_undef_if_invalid> option in the column info:
92 data_type => "datetime",
93 default_value => '0000-00-00',
95 datetime_undef_if_invalid => 1
100 sub register_column {
101 my ($self, $column, $info, @rest) = @_;
102 $self->next::method($column, $info, @rest);
103 return unless defined($info->{data_type});
107 for (qw/date datetime timestamp/) {
108 my $key = "inflate_${_}";
110 next unless exists $info->{$key};
111 return unless $info->{$key};
118 $type = lc($info->{data_type});
119 if ($type eq "timestamp with time zone" || $type eq "timestamptz") {
121 $info->{_ic_dt_method} ||= "timestamp_with_timezone";
126 if ( defined $info->{extra}{timezone} ) {
127 carp "Putting timezone into extra => { timezone => '...' } has been deprecated, ".
128 "please put it directly into the '$column' column definition.";
129 $timezone = $info->{extra}{timezone};
133 if ( defined $info->{extra}{locale} ) {
134 carp "Putting locale into extra => { locale => '...' } has been deprecated, ".
135 "please put it directly into the '$column' column definition.";
136 $locale = $info->{extra}{locale};
139 $locale = $info->{locale} if defined $info->{locale};
140 $timezone = $info->{timezone} if defined $info->{timezone};
142 my $undef_if_invalid = $info->{datetime_undef_if_invalid};
144 if ($type eq 'datetime' || $type eq 'date' || $type eq 'timestamp') {
145 # This shallow copy of %info avoids t/52_cycle.t treating
146 # the resulting deflator as a circular reference.
147 my %info = ( '_ic_dt_method' => $type , %{ $info } );
149 if (defined $info->{extra}{floating_tz_ok}) {
150 carp "Putting floating_tz_ok into extra => { floating_tz_ok => 1 } has been deprecated, ".
151 "please put it directly into the '$column' column definition.";
152 $info{floating_tz_ok} = $info->{extra}{floating_tz_ok};
155 $self->inflate_column(
159 my ($value, $obj) = @_;
161 my $dt = eval { $obj->_inflate_to_datetime( $value, \%info ) };
163 return undef if ($undef_if_invalid);
164 $self->throw_exception ("Error while inflating ${value} for ${column} on ${self}: $err");
167 $dt->set_time_zone($timezone) if $timezone;
168 $dt->set_locale($locale) if $locale;
172 my ($value, $obj) = @_;
174 carp "You're using a floating timezone, please see the documentation of"
175 . " DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::DateTime for an explanation"
176 if ref( $value->time_zone ) eq 'DateTime::TimeZone::Floating'
177 and not $info{floating_tz_ok}
178 and not $ENV{DBIC_FLOATING_TZ_OK};
179 $value->set_time_zone($timezone);
180 $value->set_locale($locale) if $locale;
182 $obj->_deflate_from_datetime( $value, \%info );
189 sub _flate_or_fallback
191 my( $self, $value, $info, $method_fmt ) = @_;
193 my $parser = $self->_datetime_parser;
194 my $preferred_method = sprintf($method_fmt, $info->{ _ic_dt_method });
195 my $method = $parser->can($preferred_method) ? $preferred_method : sprintf($method_fmt, 'datetime');
196 return $parser->$method($value);
199 sub _inflate_to_datetime {
200 my( $self, $value, $info ) = @_;
201 return $self->_flate_or_fallback( $value, $info, 'parse_%s' );
204 sub _deflate_from_datetime {
205 my( $self, $value, $info ) = @_;
206 return $self->_flate_or_fallback( $value, $info, 'format_%s' );
209 sub _datetime_parser {
211 if (my $parser = $self->__datetime_parser) {
214 my $parser = $self->result_source->storage->datetime_parser(@_);
215 return $self->__datetime_parser($parser);
223 If you have a datetime column with an associated C<timezone>, and subsequently
224 create/update this column with a DateTime object in the L<DateTime::TimeZone::Floating>
225 timezone, you will get a warning (as there is a very good chance this will not have the
226 result you expect). For example:
228 __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
229 starts_when => { data_type => 'datetime', timezone => "America/Chicago" }
232 my $event = $schema->resultset('EventTZ')->create({
233 starts_at => DateTime->new(year=>2007, month=>12, day=>31, ),
236 The warning can be avoided in several ways:
240 =item Fix your broken code
242 When calling C<set_time_zone> on a Floating DateTime object, the timezone is simply
243 set to the requested value, and B<no time conversion takes place>. It is always a good idea
244 to be supply explicit times to the database:
246 my $event = $schema->resultset('EventTZ')->create({
247 starts_at => DateTime->new(year=>2007, month=>12, day=>31, time_zone => "America/Chicago" ),
250 =item Suppress the check on per-column basis
252 __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
253 starts_when => { data_type => 'datetime', timezone => "America/Chicago", floating_tz_ok => 1 }
256 =item Suppress the check globally
258 Set the environment variable DBIC_FLOATING_TZ_OK to some true value.
262 Putting extra attributes like timezone, locale or floating_tz_ok into extra => {} has been
263 B<DEPRECATED> because this gets you into trouble using L<DBIx::Class::Schema::Versioned>.
264 Instead put it directly into the columns definition like in the examples above. If you still
265 use the old way you'll see a warning - please fix your code then!
271 =item More information about the add_columns method, and column metadata,
272 can be found in the documentation for L<DBIx::Class::ResultSource>.
274 =item Further discussion of problems inherent to the Floating timezone:
275 L<Floating DateTimes|DateTime/Floating_DateTimes>
276 and L<< $dt->set_time_zone|DateTime/"Set" Methods >>
282 Matt S. Trout <mst@shadowcatsystems.co.uk>
286 Aran Deltac <bluefeet@cpan.org>
290 You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.