NAME
    Dpchrist::Timestamp - generate time stamps

DESCRIPTION
    This documentation describes module revision $Revision: 1.19 $.

    This is alpha test level software and may change or disappear at any
    time.

SYNOPSIS
    In a Perl script:

        #! /usr/bin/perl
        use strict;
        use warnings;

        use Dpchrist::Timestamp qw( :all );

        my $local_timestamp = timestamp();
        my $zulu_timestamp  = timestampz();

    In a shell script:

        #! /usr/bin/bash

        LOCALTIMESTAMP=`timestamp`
        ZULUTIMESTAMP=`timestampz`

DESCRIPTION
    This Perl library contains two functions, *timestamp()* and
    *timestampz*(), which return strings representing the local time or UTC
    time (Zulu).

    Local time time stamps are of the format "YYYYMMDD-hhmmss".

    UTC time (Zulu) time stamps are of the format "YYYYMMDDThhmmssZ".

    The distribution also includes Perl scripts named *timestamp* and
    *timestampz*, which print the corresponding strings to STDOUT (newline
    terminated) for use in shell scripts, etc..

  EXPORT
    None by default.

    All of the subroutines may be imported by using the ':all' tag:

        use Dpchrist::Timestamp     qw( :all );

INSTALLATION
    Old school:

        $ perl Makefile.PL
        $ make    
        $ make test
        $ make install

    Minimal:

        $ cpan Dpchrist::Timestamp

    Complete:

        $ cpan Bundle::Dpchrist

  PREREQUISITES
    See Makefile.PL in the source distribution root directory.

SEE ALSO
        Perl's time(), gmtime(), and localtime() functions
        timestamp
        timestampz

AUTHOR
    David Paul Christensen dpchrist@holgerdanske.com

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    Copyright 2010 by David Paul Christensen dpchrist@holgerdanske.com

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
    Free Software Foundation; version 2.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
    WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
    Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
    59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

