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perl5's DateTime "is a class for the representation of date/time combinations"

Apart from the modules included in the DateTimeDistribution, there are many others as returned by https://metacpan.org/search?q=DateTime

My favorite use DateTime::Format::Baby;

my $Baby = DateTime::Format::Baby->new('en'); my $dt = $Baby->parse_datetime('The big hand is on the twelve and the little hand is on the six.');