From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 20:18:49 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention Time::localtime and Time::gmtime.
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Mention Time::localtime and Time::gmtime.

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diff --git a/ext/Time/Piece/Piece.pm b/ext/Time/Piece/Piece.pm
index 5789ec4..4a3fb09 100644
--- a/ext/Time/Piece/Piece.pm
+++ b/ext/Time/Piece/Piece.pm
@@ -1299,6 +1299,12 @@ including the ':override' tag in the import list:
 
 The excellent Calendar FAQ at L<http://www.tondering.dk/claus/calendar.html>
 
+If you just want an object-oriented interface to the usual time
+functions see L<Time::localtime> and L<Time::gmtime> which are part
+of the standard distribution.  Beware, though, that their fields are as
+in the C library: the I<year> is I<year-1900> (like $t->_year in Time::Piece)
+and I<months> begin from zero (like $t->_mon).
+
 L<strftime(3)>, L<strftime(3)>
 
 =head1 AUTHOR