Data.HodaTime.Instant

An Instant is universal fixed moment in time.

Types

data Instant

Represents a point on a global time line. An Instant has no concept of time zone or calendar. It is nothing more than the number of nanoseconds since epoch (1.March.2000)

Instances

Eq Instant

Methods

(==) :: Instant -> Instant -> Bool

(/=) :: Instant -> Instant -> Bool

Ord Instant

Methods

compare :: Instant -> Instant -> Ordering

(<) :: Instant -> Instant -> Bool

(<=) :: Instant -> Instant -> Bool

(>) :: Instant -> Instant -> Bool

(>=) :: Instant -> Instant -> Bool

max :: Instant -> Instant -> Instant

min :: Instant -> Instant -> Instant

Show Instant

Methods

showsPrec :: Int -> Instant -> ShowS

show :: Instant -> String

showList :: [Instant] -> ShowS

Constructors

fromSecondsSinceUnixEpoch :: Int -> Instant

Create an Instant from an Int that represents a Unix Epoch

now :: IO Instant

Math

add :: Instant -> Duration -> Instant

Add a Duration to an Instant to get a future Instant. NOTE: does not handle all negative durations, use minus

difference :: Instant -> Instant -> Duration

Get the difference between two instances

minus :: Instant -> Duration -> Instant

Subtract a Duration from an Instant to get an Instant in the past. NOTE: does not handle negative durations, use add

Conversion

inTimeZone :: Instant -> TimeZone -> ZonedDateTime cal

Convert Instant to a ZonedDateTime in the specified time zone. The calendar must be derivable or specified in the type explicitly

Debug - to be removed