This package contains the following perl5 modules: Time::CTime.pm ctime, strftime, and asctime Time::JulianDay.pm Julian Day conversions Time::ParseDate.pm Reverses strftime and also understands relative times Time::Timezone.pm Time::DaysInMonth.pm To install these modules, cd to the directory that this README file is in and type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install Documentation for these modules is part of the files themselves using the pod (Plain Old Documentation) format. This documentation will be installed as part of the installation process. Release notes: 98.052201: Minor bugfix: didn't recognize 5/18/1998. 97.092101: Fix a 5.004 warning. Add support for "June 4, 1997" 96.110801: Added support for negative relative times. Bugfix: "now" by itself was ignored. Bugfix: could not combine "now" with time offsets (only date offsets) 96.032801: Added support for "TZN 96.032702: This is the first release to use the Makefile.PL packaging. There are many changes with repect to previous releases. All modules now running with -w and use strict. CTime.pm: should be faster ParseDate.pm: core logic changed, more dates parsed. datetime.t: more tests Timezone.pm: ripped out tzset code and replaced it with code from Graham Barr TODO: Replace CTime.pm Support Brittish dates