A DateTime penance has befallen me

jfrm has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Normally by re-reading the documentation repeatedly, eventually, I get it. But not this time.

my $startdt = DateTime->new(day => 1, month => 4, year => 2007);
my $enddt = DateTime->new(day => 22, month => 10, year => 2007);
my $duration = $startdt->delta_days($enddt);
my $numdays = $duration->days;
print "Test: Number of days in period :$numdays (".$startdt->dmy('/').
+" - ".$enddt->dmy('/').")<Br>";
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Result

Test: Number of days in period :1 (01/04/2007 - 22/10/2007)
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Can anyone enlighten (if you'll excuse me using the term so thoughtlessly in a temple) me as to how I might get the correct duration in days and why this result is only 1?

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Re: A DateTime penance has befallen me by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 22, 2007 at 18:08 UTC
I suspect `$duration->days()` returns the portion of the duration that is measured in days. I think you want `$duration->in_units('days')`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: A DateTime penance has befallen me (weeks) by tye (Sage) on Oct 22, 2007 at 18:08 UTC
I didn't read any documentation but 204 days is 29 weeks and 1 day. - tye	[reply]
Re: A DateTime penance has befallen me by Krambambuli (Curate) on Oct 22, 2007 at 19:33 UTC
You'll have to look into DateTime::Duration for that: `$numdays = $duration->in_units('days')` [download] will return what you want, as ikegami said already. Krambambuli --- Enjoying Mark Jason Dominus' Higher-Order Perl	[reply] [d/l]

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