Mac timestamp

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Re: Mac timestamp by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Dec 10, 2013 at 19:06 UTC
`perl -MPOSIX -e 'print strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime(qx(date + +%s)));'` [download] ..or a variation of this... Regards, Karl ŤThe Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostropheť	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Mac timestamp by Laurent_R (Canon) on Dec 10, 2013 at 22:03 UTC
I don't have a Mac and therefore cannot test, but if you are using Perl's internal date functions, you should not have to worry about whether you are under Unix, Mac, Windows or whatever, Perl will manage it for you.	[reply]
Re: Mac timestamp by kcott (Archbishop) on Dec 11, 2013 at 17:44 UTC
G'day starface245, The following examples are run on a Mac. The localtime function may be sufficient for your needs: `$ perl -le 'print scalar localtime' Thu Dec 12 04:41:39 2013` [download] For formatted dates, take a look at Time::Piece. Here's what the default format produces: `$ perl -MTime::Piece -le 'print localtime->strftime' Thu, 12 Dec 2013 04:42:06 EST` [download] -- Ken	[reply] [d/l] [select]