|
Posted by Mark on November 8, 2006, 3:41 pm
Please log in for more thread options
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
|
|
Posted by James T. on November 8, 2006, 9:42 am
Please log in for more thread options
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...
|
|
Posted by Gunnar Hjalmarsson on November 8, 2006, 4:01 pm
Please log in for more thread options
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
|
|
Posted by Mark on November 9, 2006, 11:31 am
Please log in for more thread options
>
> 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
|
|
Posted by John Bokma on November 8, 2006, 4:04 pm
Please log in for more thread options
> 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:
<http://search.cpan.org/~sbeck/DateManip-5.44/Manip.pod#SHOULD_I_USE_DATE
%3A%3AMANIP>
--
John Experienced Perl programmer: http://castleamber.com/
Perl help, tutorials, and examples: http://johnbokma.com/perl/
|
| Similar Threads | Posted | | Date::MSAccess V 1.01 | July 29, 2004, 7:15 am |
| problems with Date-Calc | July 8, 2004, 3:09 pm |
| Date::Calc install | September 8, 2004, 10:02 am |
| perl date manipulation | October 21, 2004, 5:02 pm |
| ANNOUNCE: Date::MSAccess V 1.02 | February 14, 2005, 10:44 am |
| Date::Simple confusion | May 8, 2005, 6:10 pm |
| Date::Calc Problem | February 9, 2006, 12:25 am |
| military time with Date::Calc | June 9, 2005, 1:09 am |
| Handle multiple input date formats? | September 11, 2004, 11:56 am |
| Trying to get HTML::Mason running, stuff out-of-date? | October 6, 2004, 5:28 pm |
|
XML Sitemap