Re: problem with 'strftime' on unix systems

Looks like you're right and %s isn't supported in all strftime implementations.

Seems a bit pointless here tho'. Your variable $t already contains the number of seconds since the epoch. Why would you want to convert it?

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Re^2: problem with 'strftime' on unix systems by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Oct 23, 2006 at 11:12 UTC
Probably to change the timezone at a guess. /J\	[reply]
Re^3: problem with 'strftime' on unix systems by davorg (Chancellor) on Oct 23, 2006 at 11:16 UTC
But the epoch isn't effected by timezone. It's the number of seconds since 00:00 on 1st Jan 1970 GMT. I can't see how you'll ever get different answers from: `print strftime '%s', localtime;` [download] and `print time;` [download] Am I missing something? -- <http://dave.org.uk> "The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club." -- Chip Salzenberg	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: problem with 'strftime' on unix systems by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Oct 23, 2006 at 11:23 UTC
No I don't think you are missing something, it was just the only semi-plausible reason that I could think of that someone might think they want to do that. /J\	[reply]