NAME

DateTime::Locale::Base - Base class for individual locale objects

SYNOPSIS

  use base 'DateTime::Locale::Base';

DEFAULT FORMATS

Each locale has a set of four default date and time formats. They are distinguished by length, and are called "full", "long", "medium", and "short". Each locale may have a different default length which it uses when its default_date_format(), default_time_format(), or default_datetime_format() methods are called.

This can be changed by calling the set_default_date_format() or set_default_time_format() methods. These methods accept a string which must be one of "full", "long", "medium", or "short".

SUBCLASSING

If you are writing a subclass of this class, then you must provide the following methods:

month_names
Returns an array reference containing the full names of the months, with January as the first month.
month_abbreviations
Returns an array reference containing the abbreviated names of the months, with January as the first month.
month_narrows
Returns an array reference containing the narrow names of the months, with January as the first month. Narrow names are the shortest possible names, and need not be unique.
day_names
Returns an array reference containing the full names of the days, with Monday as the first day.
day_abbreviations
Returns an array reference containing the abbreviated names of the days, with Monday as the first day.
day_narrows
Returns an array reference containing the narrow names of the days, with Monday as the first day. Narrow names are the shortest possible names, and need not be unique.
am_pms
Returns an array reference containing the localized forms of "AM" and "PM".
era_abbreviations
Returns an array reference containing the localized forms of the abbreviation for the eras, such as "BCE" and "CE".
era_names
Returns an array reference containing the localized forms the name of the eras, such as "Before Common Era" and "Common Era".
long_date_format, full_date_format, medium_date_format, short_date_format
Returns the date format of the appropriate length.
long_time_format, full_time_format, medium_time_format, short_time_format
Returns the date format of the appropriate length.
date_before_time
This returns a boolean value indicating whether or not the date comes before the time when formatting a complete date and time for presentation.
date_parts_order
This returns a string indicating the order of the parts of a date that is in the form XX/YY/ZZ. The possible values are "dmy", "mdy", "ydm" and "ymd".
_default_date_format_length
This should return a string which is one of "long", "full", "medium", or "short". It indicates the default date format length for the locale.
_default_time_format_length
This should return a string which is one of "long", "full", "medium", or "short". It indicates the default time format length for the locale.