starts_when => { data_type => 'datetime' }
);
+NOTE: You B<must> load C<InflateColumn::DateTime> B<before> C<Core>. See
+L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Component> for details.
+
Then you can treat the specified column as a L<DateTime> object.
print "This event starts the month of ".
$event->starts_when->month_name();
-If you want to set a specific timezone for that field, use:
+If you want to set a specific timezone and locale for that field, use:
__PACKAGE__->add_columns(
- starts_when => { data_type => 'datetime', extra => { timezone => "America/Chicago" } }
+ starts_when => { data_type => 'datetime', extra => { timezone => "America/Chicago", locale => "de_DE" } }
);
If you want to inflate no matter what data_type your column is,
}
my $timezone;
- if ( exists $info->{extra} and exists $info->{extra}{timezone} and defined $info->{extra}{timezone} ) {
+ if ( defined $info->{extra}{timezone} ) {
$timezone = $info->{extra}{timezone};
}
+ my $locale;
+ if ( defined $info->{extra}{locale} ) {
+ $locale = $info->{extra}{locale};
+ }
+
my $undef_if_invalid = $info->{datetime_undef_if_invalid};
if ($type eq 'datetime' || $type eq 'date') {
my ($parse, $format) = ("parse_${type}", "format_${type}");
+
+ # This assignment must happen here, otherwise Devel::Cycle treats
+ # the resulting deflator as a circular reference (go figure):
+ #
+ # Cycle #1
+ # DBICTest::Schema A->{source_registrations} => %B
+ # %B->{Event} => DBIx::Class::ResultSource::Table C
+ # DBIx::Class::ResultSource::Table C->{_columns} => %D
+ # %D->{created_on} => %E
+ # %E->{_inflate_info} => %F
+ # %F->{deflate} => &G
+ # closure &G, $info => $H
+ # $H => %E
+ #
+ my $floating_tz_ok = $info->{extra}{floating_tz_ok};
+
$self->inflate_column(
$column =>
{
die "Error while inflating ${value} for ${column} on ${self}: $@"
if $@ and not $undef_if_invalid;
$dt->set_time_zone($timezone) if $timezone;
+ $dt->set_locale($locale) if $locale;
return $dt;
},
deflate => sub {
my ($value, $obj) = @_;
- $value->set_time_zone($timezone) if $timezone;
+ if ($timezone) {
+ warn "You're using a floating timezone, please see the documentation of"
+ . " DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::DateTime for an explanation"
+ if ref( $value->time_zone ) eq 'DateTime::TimeZone::Floating'
+ and not $floating_tz_ok
+ and not $ENV{DBIC_FLOATING_TZ_OK};
+ $value->set_time_zone($timezone);
+ $value->set_locale($locale) if $locale;
+ }
$obj->_datetime_parser->$format($value);
},
}
1;
__END__
+=head1 USAGE NOTES
+
+If you have a datetime column with the C<timezone> extra setting, and subsenquently
+create/update this column with a DateTime object in the L<DateTime::TimeZone::Floating>
+timezone, you will get a warning (as there is a very good chance this will not have the
+result you expect). For example:
+
+ __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
+ starts_when => { data_type => 'datetime', extra => { timezone => "America/Chicago" } }
+ );
+
+ my $event = $schema->resultset('EventTZ')->create({
+ starts_at => DateTime->new(year=>2007, month=>12, day=>31, ),
+ });
+
+The warning can be avoided in several ways:
+
+=over
+
+=item Fix your broken code
+
+When calling C<set_time_zone> on a Floating DateTime object, the timezone is simply
+set to the requested value, and B<no time conversion takes place>. It is always a good idea
+to be supply explicit times to the database:
+
+ my $event = $schema->resultset('EventTZ')->create({
+ starts_at => DateTime->new(year=>2007, month=>12, day=>31, time_zone => "America/Chicago" ),
+ });
+
+=item Suppress the check on per-column basis
+
+ __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
+ starts_when => { data_type => 'datetime', extra => { timezone => "America/Chicago", floating_tz_ok => 1 } }
+ );
+
+=item Suppress the check globally
+
+Set the environment variable DBIC_FLOATING_TZ_OK to some true value.
+
+=back
+
+
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
=over 4
=item More information about the add_columns method, and column metadata,
can be found in the documentation for L<DBIx::Class::ResultSource>.
+=item Further discussion of problems inherent to the Floating timezone:
+ L<Floating DateTimes|DateTime/Floating_DateTimes>
+ and L<< $dt->set_time_zone|DateTime/"Set" Methods >>
+
=back
=head1 AUTHOR