in reply to Re^2: How can I convert epoch seconds to date format
in thread How can I convert epoch seconds to date format

Well, this thread is 9 years old, and no, you don't have to code your own millisecond handling in Perl - for example DateTime handles everything down to nanoseconds. Dates can be parsed via DateTime::Format::Strptime or any of the other DateTime::Format::* modules.

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