Simple

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.