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=over

=item * Formatting dates for output

=item * Parsing dates on input

=item * Comparing dates

=item * Date math (addition, subtraction)

=item * Other calendar-specific functions (i.e. holidays, days of week, etc)

=back

Numerous modules have been posted to CPAN allowing the Perl developer
to accomplish these tasks.
However, they have pros and cons related to the
following features.

=over

lib/App/datetime.pod  view on Meta::CPAN

 * Non-perlstyle function names (internal caps, as in Add_Delta_YMD())
 * Powerful, fast support for date math
 * Support for all A.D. dates [1-9999]

=head2 Date::Manip

 http://search.cpan.org/search?module=Date::Manip

The most powerful and slowest (all perl, large)
of date manipulation packages.
Includes many obscure calendar-related functions.

 * Powerful parsing many different formats of dates
 * No explicit support for or formatting dates.
 * Non-perlstyle function names (internal caps, as in ParseDate())
 * Powerful support for date math (but slower than Date::Calc)
 * Support for all A.D. dates [1-9999]
 * Function support for holidays, business days, etc.

=head2 HTTP::Date