Re: Date::Manip and date

I prefer DateTime with DateTime::Format::Strptime:

use DateTime;
use DateTime::Format::Strptime;
my $p = DateTime::Format::Strptime->new(on_error=>'croak',
    pattern => '%Y-%m-%d');
my $dt = $p->parse_datetime('1988-12-13');
print $dt, " -> ", $dt->epoch, "\n";
__END__
1988-12-13T00:00:00 -> 597974400
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(Maybe slightly overkill in this situation but when parsing date/time formats with times and especially handling time zones it becomes really useful.)

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Re^2: Date::Manip and date by SBECK (Chaplain) on Jul 09, 2015 at 17:53 UTC
Or you can continue to use Date::Manip. The exact equivalent of the DateTime script is: `use Date::Manip::Date; my $date = new Date::Manip::Date; $date->parse('1988-12-13'); print $date->printf('%O -> %s');` [download] and Date::Manip handles all time zones just like the DateTime modules.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Date::Manip and date by zwon (Abbot) on Jul 09, 2015 at 22:21 UTC
Minor correction. It's not exact, in case of DateTime it's 1988-12-13T00:00:00 UTC, and in case of Date::Manip it's local time. It should be: `$date->parse('1988-12-13 UTC');` [download] I wonder if it is possible to pass time zone separately from the date.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Date::Manip and date by SBECK (Chaplain) on Jul 10, 2015 at 11:45 UTC
Date::Manip always parses dates in the local time zone (unless of course there is a zone attached to the date string), so you're right that my script wasn't exact. My apologies. If you want to parse dates in UTC by default, use: `use Date::Manip::Date; my $date = new Date::Manip::Date; $date->config("setdate","now,UTC"); $date->parse('1988-12-13'); print $date->printf('%O -> %s');` [download] and that gives the same result as the DateTime script.	[reply] [d/l]