NAME
    DBIx::Class::DateTime::Epoch - Automatic inflation/deflation of
    epoch-based columns to/from DateTime objects

SYNOPSIS
        package MySchema::Foo;
    
        use base qw( DBIx::Class );
    
        __PACKAGE__->load_components( qw( DateTime::Epoch TimeStamp Core ) );
        __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
            name => {
                data_type => 'varchar',
                size      => 10,
            },
            bar => { # epoch stored as an int
                data_type        => 'bigint',
                inflate_datetime => 1,
            },
            baz => { # epoch stored as a string
                data_type        => 'varchar',
                size             => 50,
                inflate_datetime => 'epoch',
            },
            # working in conjunction with DBIx::Class::TimeStamp
            creation_time => {
                data_type        => 'bigint',
                inflate_datetime => 1,
                set_on_create    => 1,
            },
            modification_time => {
                data_type        => 'bigint',
                inflate_datetime => 1,
                set_on_create    => 1,
                set_on_update    => 1,
            }
        );

DATETIME::FORMAT DEPENDENCY
    There have been no assumptions made as to what RDBMS you will be using.
    As per the note in the DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::DateTime
    documentation, you will need to install the DateTime::Format::* module
    that matches your RDBMS of choice.

DESCRIPTION
    This module automatically inflates/deflates DateTime objects from/to
    epoch values for the specified columns. This module is essentially an
    extension to DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::DateTime so all of the
    settings, including "locale" and "timezone", are also valid.

    A column will be recognized as an epoch time given one of the following
    scenarios:

    *   "data_type" is an "int" of some sort and "inflate_datetime" is also
        set to a true value

    *   "data_type" is some other value (e.g. "varchar") and
        "inflate_datetime" is explicitly set to "epoch".

    DBIx::Class::TimeStamp can also be used in conjunction with this module
    to support epoch-based columns that are automatically set on creation of
    a row and updated subsequent modifications.

METHODS
  add_columns( )
    Provides backwards compatibility with the older DateTime::Epoch API.

  _inflate_to_datetime( )
    Overrides column inflation to use "Datetime->from_epoch".

  _deflate_from_datetime( )
    Overrides column deflation to call "epoch()" on the column value.

SEE ALSO
    *   DBIx::Class

    *   DBIx::Class::TimeStamp

    *   DateTime

AUTHORS
    Brian Cassidy <bricas@cpan.org>

    Adam Paynter <adapay@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    Copyright 2006-2012 by Brian Cassidy

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.

