HTTP::Date - Only first two functions exported by default

[Tarnish]

Hi all,

I'm trying to use the HTTP:ate module which I believe is a part of the lib

http://www-perl

package. I believe I've properly installed the lib

http://www-perl,

and I've tested a little code using one of the functions from HTTP:ate and it seems to work.

However, the function I tested was one of the first two functions in the documentation, and the documentation also says this:

"This module provides functions that deal the date formats used by the HTTP protocol (and then some more). Only the first two functions, time2str() and str2time(), are exported by default."

I need to use a function in the module that is NOT one of those first two functions listed above. What does it mean that the function I need 'isn't exported by default'? How do I get access to it?

Thanks,
Tarnish

 

[Tarnish]

After a trillion searches, I finally found the answer. I needed to add this to the top of my code:

use HTTP:ate qw(parse_date);

Maybe that will help someone else in the future.

Thanks,
Tarnish

 

[Annihilannic]

It's all documented on perldoc -f use (or man perlfunc and search for "use").

Annihilannic.

 

[ishnid]

If you wanted to use it without importing it, you could do, for example:

my $parsed_date = HTTP::Date::parse_date( $raw_date );