Event Modules

DateTime::Event Module Guidelines

A module belongs under the DateTime::Event namespace if it calculates occurrences of events, such as holidays, eclipses, asteroids smashing into the earth and rendering it a lifeless hell, etc.

Returning DateTimes

Modules that calculate events should return results using the same class, time zone and locale as the argument:

\$dt2 = \$eclipse->next( \$dt1 );

The easiest way to implement this is to calculate a DateTime::Duration, and then return datetime argument + duration, but make sure not to modify the datetime object given to this method. Using the clone() method makes this easier.

Note that if you feed a floating time to a module that makes calculations using UTC, the result will be a floating time that is only valid in the UTC time zone. Most astronomical calculations are in this category, such as sunrise, sunset, and moon position.