DateTime::Cron::Simple(3)

NAME
DateTime::Cron::Simple - Parse a cron entry and check against current time

SYNOPSIS
  use DateTime::Cron::Simple;

  $c = DateTime::Cron::Simple->new($cron);

  $boolean = $c->validate_time;

  $c->new_cron($cron);

DESCRIPTION
This module is a quick and dirty way to determine if a cron time format is valid for the current date and time.

A cron entry follows the cron format from crontab(5).

The validate_time function uses the current date and time for comparison, but will also accept a valid DateTime object as a parameter.

  FUNCTIONS

new
        $c = DateTime::Cron::Simple->new('0-59/2 10,12 * * 5');

    Creates a cron entry.

new_cron
        $c->new_cron($cron);

    Updates the cron entry to the given argument.

validate_time
        $boolean = $c->validate_time;
        $boolean = $c->validate_time($dt);

    Validates a datetime against the cron entry. If the argument is ommitted, it validates against the current time ("DateTime-"now>).

_parse_cron_field
        $data = $c->_parse_cron_field($field, $min, $max)

EXAMPLE
  use DateTime::Cron::Simple;

  $c = DateTime::Cron::Simple->new('0-59/2 10,12 * * 5');

  if($c->validate_time) { ... }

  $c->new_cron('* * 1 * 0');

  if($c->validate_time) { ... }

SEE ALSO
   DateTime::Event::Cron

It is very likely that this module will soon be deprecated. It was created without coordination with the developers of DateTime modules, which may be reached via

   http://datetime.perl.org/
   datetime@perl.org (the mailing list)

This module would better belong to the DateTime::Event namespace or else have its functionality incorporated into DateTime::Event::Cron. This release is transitional, while the right way to do it is being studied.

AUTHORS/MAINTAINERS
The original author of this module is

Brendan Fagan <suburbanantihero (at) yahoo (dot) com>.

At version 0.3, a full rewrite was done to set it free from license issues. The current maintainer is

Adriano Ferreira <ferreira (at) cpan (dot) org>.

Comments, bug reports, patches and flames are still appreciated.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Brendan Fagan holds the copyright from 2002 to 2006 over versions 0.1 and 0.2 of the distribution.

Copyright (C) 2006 by A. R. Ferreira

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