Date::Convert::French_Rev - Jean Forget Date conversion using the French Revolutionary calendar. WHY A NEW VERSION AFTER TEN YEARS? I released the last version of this module (0.05) the same day I released DateTime::Calendar::FrenchRevolutionary version 0.01. It was intended to be the final version of Date::Convert::French_Rev. So why do I release another version ten years later? Between 2003 and 2013, the world has moved on and CPAN has moved on. In 2003, UTF-8 was a promising technic, but not yet widely used. In 2013, UTF-8 *is* widely used. In 2003, there was a set of CPAN best practices: test scripts in t/*.t for example. Some recommanded practices appeared later: META.yml for example. And CPANTS was created to provide a static code analysis checking these recommanded practices. So this new version is also meant to catch up with these recommanded practices. In other words, I play the CPANTS game and I try to improve my rating by updating this module. PRESENTATION This module is a add-on to Mordechai Abzug's Date::Convert module. Since his module is pre-alpha, mine is, too. Another consequence is that this module allows you to convert from or to any calendar implemented in Date::Convert. These calendars are currently Gregorian, Julian, Hebrew and absolute (which is Julian Day Number, with midnight-to-midnight days instead of noon-to-noon). This module allows you to pretty-print French Revolutionary dates. You can use this module even if you do not have Perl on your computer. See the alternate install procedure below. REQUIREMENTS Roman, by Alexandr Ciornii (CHORNY) Date::Convert, by Mordechai Abzug (MORTY) Test::Exception, by Adrian Howard (ADIE) INSTALL First intall Test::Exception, Roman.pm and Date::Convert.pm, and then install the normal way: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install Note: if "make test" give you a "dubious" result, one possibility is that you have forgotten to install Roman.pm. I know, it happened to me! Or use you favorite CPAN client: CPAN.pm, cpanp, cpanm, dzil, whatever. ALTERNATE INSTALL This module can be installed on a perl-less computer! All you need, on this computer, is: - tar and gzip, or compatible software - a table-aware HTML browser (no Internet connection required if you downloaded the archive from a local network or a CD-ROM) - a printer. The installation steps are: - Gunzip and untar the archive. - Go to the eg/result subdirectory. - Open the various files ending in "en.html" (or, if you are a French-speaker, ending in "fr.html") with the HTML browser. - Print them. That's all! Copyright (c) 2001-2003, 2013 Jean Forget. All rights reserved. This program is free software. You can distribute, modify, and otherwise mangle Date::Convert::French_Rev under the same terms as perl.