DateTime-Format-Flexible (0.02)

The official datetime site: datetime.perl.org/ includes this module among the confusing modules that live in the DateTime:: namespace
and says:

DateTime::Format::Flexible - largely a subset of

DateTime::Format::Natural, and not recommended. Use

DateTime::Format::Natural instead (and submit patches

to improve its parsing if needed ;)

One of the greatest sins of these module IMHO is to not comply to the API convention of DateTime parsers which at least should implement the "parse_datetime" method. (The author makes this functionality available through a "build" class method, according to the synopsis.) Most of DateTime::Format:: modules implement this, which is good for interoperation with code which expects any well-behaved DateTime::Format. Of course, this is a small sin which can be easily remedied by the author.

Adriano Rodrigues Ferreira - 2008-02-07T10:25:03