NAME

DateTime::Locale - Localization support for DateTime.pm

VERSION

version 1.03

SYNOPSIS

  use DateTime::Locale;

  my $loc = DateTime::Locale->load('en-GB');

  print $loc->native_locale_name, "\n", $loc->datetime_format_long, "\n";

  # but mostly just things like ...

  my $dt = DateTime->now( locale => 'fr' );
  print "Aujourd'hui le mois est " . $dt->month_name, "\n";

DESCRIPTION

DateTime::Locale is primarily a factory for the various locale subclasses. It also provides some functions for getting information on all the available locales.

If you want to know what methods are available for locale objects, then please read the DateTime::Locale::FromData documentation.

USAGE

This module provides the following class methods:

DateTime::Locale->load( $locale_code | $locale_name )

Returns the locale object for the specified locale code or name - see the DateTime::Locale::Catalog documentation for the list of available codes and names. The name provided may be either the English or native name.

If the requested locale is not found, a fallback search takes place to find a suitable replacement.

The fallback search order is:

  {language}-{script}-{territory}
  {language}-{script}
  {language}-{territory}-{variant}
  {language}-{territory}
  {language}

Eg. For the locale code es-XX-UNKNOWN the fallback search would be:

  es-XX-UNKNOWN   # Fails - no such locale
  es-XX           # Fails - no such locale
  es              # Found - the es locale is returned as the
                  # closest match to the requested id

Eg. For the locale code es-Latn-XX the fallback search would be:

  es-Latn-XX      # Fails - no such locale
  es-Latn         # Fails - no such locale
  es-XX           # Fails - no such locale
  es              # Found - the es locale is returned as the
                  # closest match to the requested id

If no suitable replacement is found, then an exception is thrown.

The loaded locale is cached, so that locale objects may be singletons. Calling DateTime::Locale->register(), < DateTime::Locale-add_aliases() >>, or DateTime::Locale->remove_alias() clears the cache.

DateTime::Locale->codes

  my @codes = DateTime::Locale->codes;
  my $codes = DateTime::Locale->codes;

Returns an unsorted list of the available locale codes, or an array reference if called in a scalar context. This list does not include aliases.

DateTime::Locale->names

  my @names = DateTime::Locale->names;
  my $names = DateTime::Locale->names;

Returns an unsorted list of the available locale names in English, or an array reference if called in a scalar context.

DateTime::Locale->native_names

  my @names = DateTime::Locale->native_names;
  my $names = DateTime::Locale->native_names;

Returns an unsorted list of the available locale names in their native language, or an array reference if called in a scalar context. All native names in UTF-8 characters as appropriate.

CLDR DATA BUGS

Please be aware that all locale data has been generated from the CLDR (Common Locale Data Repository) project locales data). The data is incomplete, and may contain errors in some locales.

When reporting errors in data, please check the primary data sources first, then where necessary report errors directly to the primary source via the CLDR bug report system. See http://unicode.org/cldr/filing_bug_reports.html for details.

Once these errors have been confirmed, please forward the error report and corrections to the DateTime mailing list, datetime@perl.org.

AUTHOR EMERITUS

Richard Evans wrote the first version of DateTime::Locale, including the tools to extract the CLDR data.

SUPPORT

Bugs may be submitted through the RT bug tracker (or bug-datetime-locale@rt.cpan.org).

There is a mailing list available for users of this distribution, mailto:datetime@perl.org.

I am also usually active on IRC as 'drolsky' on irc://irc.perl.org.

DONATIONS

If you'd like to thank me for the work I've done on this module, please consider making a ``donation'' to me via PayPal. I spend a lot of free time creating free software, and would appreciate any support you'd care to offer.

Please note that I am not suggesting that you must do this in order for me to continue working on this particular software. I will continue to do so, inasmuch as I have in the past, for as long as it interests me.

Similarly, a donation made in this way will probably not make me work on this software much more, unless I get so many donations that I can consider working on free software full time (let's all have a chuckle at that together).

To donate, log into PayPal and send money to autarch@urth.org, or use the button at http://www.urth.org/~autarch/fs-donation.html.

AUTHOR

Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

DateTime::Locale - Localization support for DateTime.pm