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diff --git a/devel/p5-DateTime-Precise/pkg-descr b/devel/p5-DateTime-Precise/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8e67622f570a --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/p5-DateTime-Precise/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +The purpose of this library was to replace our dependence on Unix epoch time, +which, being limited to a range of about 1970 to 2030, is inadequate for our +purposes (we have data as old as 1870). This date library effectively handles +dates from A.D. 1000 to infinity, and would probably work all the way back to 0 +(ignoring, of course, the switch-over to the Gregorian calendar). The useful +features of Unix epoch time (ease of date difference calculation and date +comparison, strict ordering) are preserved, and elements such as +human-legibility are added. The library handles fractional seconds and some +date/time manipulations used for the Global Positioning Satellite system. + +WWW: http://datetime.perl.org/ |