Acme::Time::FooClock - Base class for picture clocks


NAME

Acme::Time::FooClock - Base class for picture clocks


SYNOPSIS

Used for making arbitrary picture-clock classes.

 use Acme::Time::FooClock;
 $times = [
        'Tomato',      'Eggplant',       'Carrot',     'Garlic',
        'Green Onion', 'Pumpkin',        'Asparagus',  'Onion',
        'Corn',        'Brussels Sprout', 'Red Pepper', 'Cabbage',
    ];
 return Acme::Time::FooClock::time($time);


DESCRIPTION

``And now it's time for silly songs with Larry.''

Figures out time on the vegetable clock. See http://www.DrBacchus.com/images/clock.jpg


BUGS/ToDo

I suppose one could consider the very existence of this module to be a bug. Also, I have never been quite sure if that thing was a brussel sprout or a cauliflower.

The input checking could probably be improved.

Make it easier to extend for use with other varieties of clocks. I am considering having a more generic Acme::Time::Food, of which this would be a subclass. Subclasses would just pass in a listref of foods. This would make the module more useful to the sushi crowd, for example.

Some way to convert back to ``real'' time from vegetable notation.


SUPPORT

You're kidding, right? Stop being so silly!


AUTHOR

        Rich 'DrBacchus' Bowen
        CPAN ID: RBOW
        rich@DrBacchus.com
    http://www.DrBacchus.com/
        http://www.CooperMcGregor.com/

Kudos to Kate L Pugh for submitting a patch, and demonstrating that there are other people in the world as silly as I am.


COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2002 Rich Bowen. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.


veggietime

    print veggietime('5:17', 'en_GB');
    print veggietime('5:17'); # defaults to US English
    print veggietime; # defaults to current time and US English

Returns the veggie time equivalent of a 12-hour time expressed in the format hh:mm. Will round to the nearest vegetable.

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