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DateTime::Locale(3)   User Contributed Perl Documentation  DateTime::Locale(3)

NAME
       DateTime::Locale - Localization support for DateTime.pm

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::Base" documentation.

USAGE
       This module provides the following class methods:

   DateTime::Locale->load( $locale_id | $locale_name | $alias )
       Returns the locale object for the specified locale id, name, or alias -
       see the "DateTime::Locale::Catalog" documentation for a list of built
       in names and ids. 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 locale "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 locale "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.

       Please note that if you provide an id to this method, then the returned
       locale object's "id()" method will always return the value you gave,
       even if that value was an alias to some other id.

       This is done for forwards compatibility, in case something that is
       currently an alias becomes a unique locale in the future.

       This means that the value of "$locale->id()" and the object's class may
       not match.

       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->ids()
	 my @ids = DateTime::Locale->ids();
	 my $ids = DateTime::Locale->ids();

       Returns an unsorted list of the available locale ids, 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 are utf8 encoded.

       NB: Some locales are only partially translated, so their native locale
       names may still contain some English.

   DateTime::Locale->add_aliases ( $alias1 => $id1, $alias2 => $id2, ... )
       Adds an alias to an existing locale id. This allows a locale to be
       loaded by its alias rather than id or name. Multiple aliases are
       allowed.

       If the passed locale id is neither registered nor listed in
       DateTime::Local::Catalog's list of ids, an exception is thrown.

	DateTime::Locale->add_aliases( LastResort => 'es_ES' );

	# Equivalent to DateTime::Locale->load('es_ES');
	DateTime::Locale->load('LastResort');

       You can also pass a hash reference to this method.

	DateTime::Locale->add_aliases( { Default     => 'en_GB',
					 Alternative => 'en_US',
					 LastResort  => 'es_ES' } );

   DateTime::Locale->remove_alias( $alias )
       Removes a locale id alias, and returns true if the specified alias
       actually existed.

	DateTime::Locale->add_aliases( LastResort => 'es_ES' );

	# Equivalent to DateTime::Locale->load('es_ES');
	DateTime::Locale->load('LastResort');

	DateTime::Locale->remove_alias('LastResort');

	# Throws an exception, 'LastResort' no longer exists
	DateTime::Locale->load('LastResort');

   DateTime::Locale->register( { ... }, { ... } )
       This method allows you to register custom locales with the module. A
       single locale is specified as a hash, and you may register multiple
       locales at once by passing an array of hash references.

       Until registered, custom locales cannot be instantiated via "load()"
       and will not be returned by querying methods such as "ids()" or
       "names()".

	register( id	       => $locale_id,
		  en_language  => ..., # something like 'English' or 'Afar',

		  # All other keys are optional. These are:
		  en_script    => ...,
		  en_territory => ...,
		  en_variant   => ...,

		  native_language  => ...,
		  native_sript	   => ...,
		  native_territory => ...,
		  native_variant   => ...,

		  # Optional - defaults to DateTime::Locale::$locale_id
		  class	  => $class_name,

		  replace => $boolean
		)

       The locale id and English name are required, and the following formats
       should used wherever possible:

	id:   languageId[_script][_territoryId[_variantId]]

	Where:	languageId = Lower case ISO 639 code -
		Always choose 639-1 over 639-2 where possible.

	script = Title Case ISO 15924 script code

	territoryId = Upper case ISO 3166 code -
		      Always choose 3166-1 over 3166-2 where possible.

	variantId = Upper case variant id -
		    Basically anything you want, since this is typically the
		    component that uniquely identifies a custom locale.

       You cannot not use '@' or '=' in locale ids - these are reserved for
       future use. The underscore (_) is the component separator, and should
       not be used for any other purpose.

       If the "native_*" components are supplied, they must be utf8 encoded.

       If omitted, the native name is assumed to be identical to the English
       name.

       If class is supplied, it must be the full module name of your custom
       locale. If omitted, the locale module is assumed to be a
       DateTime::Locale subclass.

       Examples:

	DateTime::Locale->register
	    ( id	   => 'en_GB_RIDAS',
	      en_language  => 'English',
	      en_territory => 'United Kingdom',
	      en_variant   => 'Ridas Custom Locale',
	    );

	# Returns instance of class DateTime::Locale::en_GB_RIDAS
	my $l = DateTime::Locale->load('en_GB_RIDAS');

	DateTime::Locale->register
	    ( id	       => 'hu_HU',
	      en_language      => 'Hungarian',
	      en_territory     => Hungary',
	      native_language  => 'Magyar',
	      native_territory => 'Magyarorszag',
	    );

	# Returns instance of class DateTime::Locale::hu_HU
	my $l = DateTime::Locale->load('hu_HU');

	DateTime::Locale->register
	    ( id    => 'en_GB_RIDAS',
	      name  => 'English United Kingdom Ridas custom locale',
	      class => 'Ridas::Locales::CustomGB',
	    );

	# Returns instance of class Ridas::Locales::CustomGB
	my $l = DateTime::Locale->load('en_GB_RIDAS');

       If you register a locale for an id that is already registered, the
       "replace" parameter must be true or an exception will be thrown.

       The complete name for a registered locale is generated by joining
       together the language, territory, and variant components with a single
       space.

       This means that in the first example, the complete English and native
       names for the locale would be "English United Kingdom Ridas Custom
       Locale", and in the second example the complete English name is
       "Hungarian Hungary", while the complete native name is "Magyar
       Magyarorszag". The locale will be loadable by these complete names
       (English and native), via the "load()" method.

ADDING CUSTOM LOCALES
       These are added in one of two ways:

       1.  Subclass an existing locale implementing only the changes you
	   require.

       2.  Create a completely new locale as a new class.

       In either case the locale MUST be registered before use.

   Subclassing an existing locale
       The following example sublasses the United Kingdom English locale to
       change some the full date and time formats.

	 package Ridas::Locale::en_GB_RIDAS1;

	 use strict;
	 use DateTime::Locale::en_GB;

	 use base 'DateTime::Locale::en_GB';

	 sub date_format_full	{ 'EEEE d MMMM y' }

	 sub time_format_full	{ 'HH mm zzzz' }

	 1;

       Now register it:

	DateTime::Locale->register
	    ( id    => 'en_GB_RIDAS1',

	      # name, territory, and variant as described in register() documentation

	      class => 'Ridas::Locale::en_GB_RIDAS1',
	    );

   Creating a completely new locale
       You are, of course, free to subclass DateTime::Locale::Base if you want
       to, though this is not required.

       Remember to register your custom locale!

       Of course, you can always do the registration in the module itself, and
       simply load it before using it.

       A completely new custom locale, one which does not subclass
       DateTime::Locale::Base, must implement a number of methods.

       The following methods can be used to get information about the locale's
       id and name.

       ·   $locale->id()

	   The complete locale id, something like "en_US".

       ·   $locale->language_id()

	   The language portion of the id, like "en".

       ·   $locale->script_id()

	   The script portion of the id, like "Hant".

       ·   $locale->territory_id()

	   The territory portion of the id, like "US".

       ·   $locale->variant_id()

	   The variant portion of the id, like "PREEURO".

       ·   $locale->name()

	   The locale's complete name, which always includes at least a
	   language component, plus optional territory and variant components.
	   Something like "English United States". The value returned will
	   always be in English.

       ·   $locale->language()

       ·   $locale->script()

       ·   $locale->territory()

       ·   $locale->variant()

	   The relevant component from the locale's complete name, like
	   "English" or "United States".

       ·   $locale->native_name()

	   The locale's complete name in localized form as a UTF-8 string.

       ·   $locale->native_language()

       ·   $locale->native_script()

       ·   $locale->native_territory()

       ·   $locale->native_variant()

	   The relevant component from the locale's complete native name as a
	   UTF-8 string.

       The following methods all return an array reference containing the
       specified data.

       The methods with "format" in the name should return strings that can be
       used a part of a string, like "the month of July". The stand alone
       values are for use in things like calendars, and the narrow form may
       not be unique (for example, in day column heading for a calendar it's
       okay to have "T" for both Tuesday and Thursday).

       The wide name should always be the full name of thing in question. The
       narrow name should be just one or two characters.

       ·   $locale->month_format_wide()

       ·   $locale->month_format_abbreviated()

       ·   $locale->month_format_narrow()

       ·   $locale->month_stand_alone_wide()

       ·   $locale->month_stand_alone_abbreviated()

       ·   $locale->month_stand_alone_narrow()

       ·   $locale->day_format_wide()

       ·   $locale->day_format_abbreviated()

       ·   $locale->day_format_narrow()

       ·   $locale->day_stand_alone_wide()

       ·   $locale->day_stand_alone_abbreviated()

       ·   $locale->day_stand_alone_narrow()

       ·   $locale->quarter_format_wide()

       ·   $locale->quarter_format_abbreviated()

       ·   $locale->quarter_format_narrow()

       ·   $locale->quarter_stand_alone_wide()

       ·   $locale->quarter_stand_alone_abbreviated()

       ·   $locale->quarter_stand_alone_narrow()

       ·   $locale->am_pm_abbreviated()

       ·   $locale->era_wide()

       ·   $locale->era_abbreviated()

       ·   $locale->era_narrow()

       The following methods return strings appropriate for the
       "DateTime->format_cldr()" method:

       ·   $locale->date_format_full()

       ·   $locale->date_format_long()

       ·   $locale->date_format_medium()

       ·   $locale->date_format_short()

       ·   $locale->date_format_default()

       ·   $locale->time_format_full()

       ·   $locale->time_format_long()

       ·   $locale->time_format_medium()

       ·   $locale->time_format_short()

       ·   $locale->time_format_default()

       ·   $locale->datetime_format_full()

       ·   $locale->datetime_format_long()

       ·   $locale->datetime_format_medium()

       ·   $locale->datetime_format_short()

       ·   $locale->datetime_format_default()

       A locale may also offer one or more formats for displaying part of a
       datetime, such as the year and month, or hour and minute.

       ·   $locale->format_for($name)

	   These are accessed by passing a name to "$locale->format_for(...)",
	   where the name is a CLDR-style format specifier.

	   The return value is a string suitable for passing to
	   "$dt->format_cldr()", so you can do something like this:

	     print $dt->format_cldr( $dt->locale()->format_for('MMMdd') )

	   which for the "en" locale would print out something like "08 Jul".

	   Note that the localization may also include additional text
	   specific to the locale. For example, the "MMMMd" format for the
	   "zh" locale includes the Chinese characters for "day" (X) and month
	   (X), so you get something like "8X23X".

       ·   $locale->available_formats()

	   This should return a list of all the format names that could be
	   passed to "$locale->format_for()".

       The following methods deal with the default format lengths:

       ·   $locale->default_date_format_length()

       ·   $locale->default_time_format_length()

	   These methods return one of "full", "long", "medium", or "short",
	   indicating the current default format length.

	   The default when an object is created is determined by the CLDR
	   locale data.

       ·   $locale->set_default_date_format_length($length)

       ·   $locale->set_default_time_format_length($length)

	   These methods accept one of "full", "long", "medium", or "short",
	   indicating the new default format length.

       There are also some miscellaneous methods locales should support:

       ·   $locale->prefers_24_hour_time()

	   Returns a boolean indicating whether or not the locale prefers
	   24-hour time.

       ·   $locale->first_day_of_week()

	   Returns a number from 1 to 7 indicating the local first day of the
	   week, with Monday being 1 and Sunday being 7.

SUPPORT
       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 will 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.

       Support for this module is provided via the datetime@perl.org email
       list. See http://lists.perl.org/ for more details.

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, which seems unlikely at
       best.

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

AUTHORS
       Richard Evans <rich@ridas.com>

       Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>

       These modules are loosely based on the DateTime::Language modules,
       which were in turn based on the Date::Language modules from Graham
       Barr's TimeDate distribution.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2003 Richard Evans. Copyright (c) 2004-2009 David Rolsky.
       All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can
       redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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

       The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
       with this module.

       The locale modules in directory DateTime/Locale/ have been generated
       from data provided by the CLDR project, see
       DateTime/Locale/LICENSE.cldr for details on the CLDR data's license.

SEE ALSO
       DateTime::Locale::Base

       datetime@perl.org mailing list

       http://datetime.perl.org/

perl v5.16.3			  2014-04-30		   DateTime::Locale(3)
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