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

[Matt S Trout]

On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 02:05:44PM +0100, RA Jones wrote:
> Adam Herzog wrote:
> >I think InflateColumn::DateTime probably has to be _before_ Core:
> >__PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/InflateColumn::DateTime Core/);
> >
> Thanks, that did the trick.
> >Note also that PK::Auto is included in 'Core', so you don't have to 
> >specify it.
> >
> Noted (and corrected).
> >>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.
> >
> Currently doing: ( join '.', $hits->date->day, $hits->date->month, 
> $hits->date->year ) in the controllers - repetitive and probably a less 
> desirable tmtowtdi.

MACRO format_datetime(dt) dt.strftime('%d.%m.%Y');

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