DateTime::Cron::Simple - Parse a cron entry and check against current time

- NAME
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- DESCRIPTION
- EXAMPLE
- CHANGES
- TO-DO
- AUTHOR
- COPYRIGHT

# NAME

DateTime::Cron::Simple - Parse a cron entry and check against current time

# SYNOPSIS

      use DateTime::Cron::Simple;

      $c = DateTime::Cron::Simple->new($cron);

      $boolean = $c->validate_time;

      $c->new_cron($cron);

# DESCRIPTION

This module is a quick and dirty way to determine if a cron time format is valid for the current date and time.

A cron entry follows the cron format from crontab(5).

The validate_time function uses the current date and time for comparison, but will also accept a valid DateTime object as a parameter.

# EXAMPLE

      use DateTime::Cron::Simple;

      $c = DateTime::Cron::Simple->new('0-59/2 10,12 * * 5');

      if($c->validate_time) { ... }

      $c->new_cron('* * 1 * 0');

      if($c->validate_time) { ... }

# CHANGES

Please see the CHANGES file in the module distribution.

# TO-DO

     - currently does not handle ! and > or < in cron entries
     - better code implementation

# AUTHOR

Brendan Fagan <suburbanantihero (at) yahoo (dot) com>. Comments, bug reports, patches and flames are appreciated.

# COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2004 - Brendan Fagan