Re^2: Determine if a given DateTime is a member of a DateTime::Set

Thank you very much fglock. Two more questions if you don't mind :-)

First: would you generally recommend to use DateTime::Event::Recurrence and DateTime::Event::ICal
instead of DateTime::Set ?

Second: not to promote my hack :-) but just to understand the things better: the code of the OP seems to work with DateTime::Set if the end point is defined ( Re^3: Determine if a given DateTime is a member of a DateTime::Set ) - is it just a coincidence? do you think it will break under other constellation?

Thanks again.

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Re^3: Determine if a given DateTime is a member of a DateTime::Set by fglock (Vicar) on May 16, 2013 at 08:26 UTC
DateTime::Set is fine to use, but calendar math has these mysterious details, and recurrence specifications are particularly hard. The specialised "DateTime::Event" subclasses can make life easier. DateTime::Event::Sunrise and DateTime::Event::Cron are other nice examples. About the endpoint that makes it work: when both endpoints of the set are known, it triggers an optimisation that pre-calculates the whole set. The internal representation then changes to a list. This "fixes" the problem, because no further recurrence math is involved.	[reply]
Re^4: Determine if a given DateTime is a member of a DateTime::Set by vagabonding electron (Curate) on May 16, 2013 at 17:05 UTC
Thank you for your time and of course for the modules (I should mention this earlier).	[reply]