Struct ReferenceTime 

pub struct ReferenceTime { /* private fields */ }

A fixed reference instant used to compute the time-dependent document attributes (docdate, doctime, docdatetime, docyear, and their local* siblings).

AsciiDoc derives these attributes from a reference time: normally the modification time of the source file (for doc*) and the current wall-clock time (for local*). Because those values change from run to run, output that embeds them is not reproducible. Supplying a ReferenceTime pins the clock to a known instant so that the computed attributes — and any output derived from them — are stable and reproducible.

A ReferenceTime records a local wall-clock date and time together with the UTC offset in effect at that instant. The offset governs how the computed doctime / localtime prints its zone: UTC when the offset is zero, otherwise a numeric ±HHMM suffix (matching Asciidoctor’s use of %Z/%z).

Install one with Parser::with_reference_time (pins the whole clock) or Parser::with_input_mtime (pins only the source-file time that drives the doc* attributes). See also the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable, which pins the clock when no ReferenceTime is supplied.

Implementations

impl ReferenceTime

pub fn from_unix_timestamp(secs: i64) -> Self

Creates a reference time from a count of seconds since the Unix epoch (1970-01-01T00:00:00Z), interpreted as UTC.

This is the shape of the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH value defined by the reproducible builds specification. The resulting doctime / localtime prints its zone as UTC.

pub fn from_local( year: i64, month: u32, day: u32, hour: u32, minute: u32, second: u32, utc_offset_secs: i32, ) -> Self

Creates a reference time from an explicit local wall-clock date and time and the UTC offset (in seconds) in effect at that instant.

This mirrors constructing a timezone-aware time such as Asciidoctor’s input_mtime. The offset controls the printed zone of the computed doctime / localtime: UTC when utc_offset_secs is 0, otherwise a numeric ±HHMM suffix (e.g. a +06:00 offset prints as +0600).

The components are stored as given and are not validated or normalized; supplying out-of-range values yields correspondingly out-of-range output.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for ReferenceTime

fn clone(&self) -> ReferenceTime

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for ReferenceTime

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Eq for ReferenceTime

impl PartialEq for ReferenceTime

fn eq(&self, other: &ReferenceTime) -> bool

Equality operator ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Inequality operator !=.

impl StructuralPartialEq for ReferenceTime