Re: Time Issues


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Re: Time Issues

by chipmunk (Parson)

on Dec 01, 2000 at 19:29 UTC ( [id://44377]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Here's a basic solution using only core modules:

use Time::Local;

$date = '30Nov00';

my @months = qw/Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec/;
my $i = 0;
my %months = map { $_ => $i++ } @months;

my @dmy = $date =~ /(\d+)([A-Z]+)(\d+)/i;
$dmy[1] = $months{$dmy[1]};
if ($dmy[2] < 60) {                     # have to handle two-digit
  $dmy[2] += 100;                       # year somehow
}

my $time = timelocal(0, 0, 12, @dmy);   # noon, to avoid DST issues
$time += 60 * 60 * 24;                  # advance one day

my @dmy = (localtime($time))[3, 4, 5];
$dmy[1] = $months[$dmy[1]];
$dmy[2] %= 100;

my $date2 = sprintf "%02d%s%02d", @dmy;

print "$date2\n";
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Of course, you could have Date::Parse and Date::Manip do most of the work for you, if you wanted.