[Dbix-class] InflateColumn::DateTime - how to use it?

[Adam Herzog]

On May 10, 2007, at 8:17 AM, RA Jones wrote:
> __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/PK::Auto Core  
> InflateColumn::DateTime/);

I think InflateColumn::DateTime probably has to be _before_ Core:
__PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/InflateColumn::DateTime Core/);

Note also that PK::Auto is included in 'Core', so you don't have to  
specify it.

> On reflection though, maybe InflateColumn is not the correct method  
> for what I really want - to globally reformat date fields to EU  
> format.

If you're certain you'll only want an EU formatted date, you can use  
DBIx::Class::InflateColumn in your resultset and add the code to  
inflate to whatever you'd like. Check the InflateColumn docs for an  
example.

I generally prefer receiving the DateTime object, though, since my  
formatting is usually dependent on what I'm doing with the data. If  
you're using something like Catalyst, I'd pass the DateTime object  
down to the view, and let it decide how to format it.

-A