Re: Date and time--recommended module?

On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:41:30 -0800, Mark wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I am looking for a module to use for date and time string manipulations.
> I want something that can recognize most of the various date/time strings
> in common useage, perform calculations, and so on.
>
> I have checked the FAQ but I see no recommendations there.
> CPAN offers quite a few, but I don't know which is most commonly
> used and recommended.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks
> -Mark

I use the following code, instead of a specific module.

@now = gmtime(time);

# for YYYYMMDD format
$now_date = sprintf("%04d%02d%02d", $now[5]+1900, $now[4]+1, $now[3]);

# for YYYYMMDDhhmmss format
$now_time = sprintf("%04d%02d%02d%02d%0d%02d", $now[5]+1900, $now[4]+1, $now[3], $now[2], $now[1], $now[0]);

If you work with/store dates this way, it makes it easy to do a lot of things with the dates.

Hope this helps...

Date and time--recommended module?

Hello.

I am looking for a module to use for date and time string manipulations.
I want something that can recognize most of the various date/time strings
in common useage, perform calculations, and so on.

I have checked the FAQ but I see no recommendations there.
CPAN offers quite a few, but I don't know which is most commonly
used and recommended.

Suggestions?

Thanks
-Mark

Re: Date and time--recommended module?

Mark wrote:
> I am looking for a module to use for date and time string manipulations.
> I want something that can recognize most of the various date/time strings
> in common useage, perform calculations, and so on.
>
> I have checked the FAQ but I see no recommendations there.
> CPAN offers quite a few, but I don't know which is most commonly
> used and recommended.

This article provides some guidance:
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2003/03/13/datetime.html

--
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Email: http://www.gunnar.cc/cgi-bin/contact.pl

Re: Date and time--recommended module?

"Mark" wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I am looking for a module to use for date and time string
> manipulations. I want something that can recognize most of the various
> date/time strings in common useage, perform calculations, and so on.
>
> I have checked the FAQ but I see no recommendations there.
> CPAN offers quite a few, but I don't know which is most commonly
> used and recommended.
>
> Suggestions?

Read this first:
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--
John Experienced Perl programmer: http://castleamber.com/

Perl help, tutorials, and examples: http://johnbokma.com/perl/

Re: Date and time--recommended module?

"Gunnar Hjalmarsson" wrote:
>
> This article provides some guidance:
> http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2003/03/13/datetime.html

Thanks for the O'Reilly link. . .another helpful bookmark for my
collection!

It looks like HTTP::Date will meet most of my needs.

-Mark