--- /dev/null
+(** Wrapper around Perl [Date::Parse] class.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Merjis Ltd.
+ *
+ * $Id: pl_Date_Parse.ml,v 1.1 2003-11-19 16:28:23 rich Exp $
+ *)
+
+open Perl
+
+let _ = eval "use Date::Parse qw()"
+
+(* XXX languages not supported yet - when it is supported, it'll be in
+ * [pl_Date_Language] anyway, not here -- RWMJ
+ *)
+
+let str2time ?zone date =
+ let args =
+ [sv_of_string date] @
+ match zone with
+ None -> []
+ | Some zone -> [sv_of_string zone] in
+ let sv = call ~fn:"Date::Parse::str2time" args in
+ if sv_is_undef sv then
+ invalid_arg "Date::Parse: Could not parse date";
+ float_of_sv sv
+
+let strptime ?zone date =
+ let args =
+ [sv_of_string date] @
+ match zone with
+ None -> []
+ | Some zone -> [sv_of_string zone] in
+ let svs = call_array ~fn:"Date::Parse::strptime" args in
+ match svs with
+ [] -> invalid_arg "Date::Parse: Could not parse date"
+ | [ ss; mm; hh; day; month; year; zone ] ->
+ ((if sv_is_undef ss then None else Some (int_of_sv ss)),
+ (if sv_is_undef mm then None else Some (int_of_sv mm)),
+ (if sv_is_undef hh then None else Some (int_of_sv hh)),
+ (if sv_is_undef day then None else Some (int_of_sv day)),
+ (if sv_is_undef month then None else Some (int_of_sv month)),
+ (if sv_is_undef year then None else Some (int_of_sv year)),
+ (if sv_is_undef zone then None else Some (string_of_sv zone)))
+ | _ ->
+ failwith "Pl_Date_Parse: invalid list returned by strptime"