Module to format dates in the correct manner.

C4/Date.pm

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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+package C4::Date;
+
+use strict;
+use C4::Context;
+use Date::Manip;
+
+require Exporter;
+
+use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS);
+
+$VERSION = 0.01;
+
+@ISA = qw(Exporter);
+
+@EXPORT = qw(
+             &display_date_format
+             &format_date
+);
+
+
+
+sub get_date_format
+{
+	#Get the database handle
+	my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
+
+	#Query the database to get the dateformat
+	my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT value FROM systempreferences WHERE variable='dateformat'");
+
+	$sth->execute();
+
+	my ($dateformat) = $sth->fetchrow;
+	
+	return $dateformat
+}
+
+sub display_date_format
+{
+	my $dateformat = get_date_format();
+	
+	if ( $dateformat eq "us" )
+	{
+		return "mm/dd/yyyy";
+	}
+	elsif ( $dateformat eq "metric" )
+	{
+		return "dd/mm/yyyy";
+	}
+	elsif ( $dateformat eq "iso" )
+	{
+		return "yyyy-mm-dd";
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return "Invalid date format: $dateformat. Please change in system preferences";
+	}
+}
+
+
+sub format_date
+{
+	my $olddate = shift;
+	my $newdate;
+
+	my $dateformat = get_date_format();
+	
+	if ( $dateformat eq "us" )
+	{
+		$olddate = ParseDate($olddate);
+		$newdate = UnixDate($olddate,'%m/%d/%Y');
+	}
+	elsif ( $dateformat eq "metric" )
+	{
+		$olddate = ParseDate($olddate);
+		$newdate = UnixDate($olddate,'%d/%m/%Y');
+	}
+	elsif ( $dateformat eq "iso" )
+	{
+		$olddate = ParseDate($olddate);
+		$newdate = UnixDate($olddate,'%Y-%m-%d');
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return "Invalid date format: $dateformat. Please change in system preferences";
+	}
+}
+
+1;