Re^2: Date::Parse - how to correctly parse dates between 1901 and 1969

Can Date::Manip parse variable input formats? I have gotten inputs like:

my @dates = (
    "2018-02-20 00:00:00",
    "20180220",
    "02/20/2018",
    "02/20/18",    # interpreted as 1918-02-20
    "2018-02-20"
);
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Re^3: Date::Parse - how to correctly parse dates between 1901 and 1969 by thanos1983 (Parson) on Feb 20, 2018 at 15:56 UTC
Hello again eniad, Well a simple example would answer your question: `#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Date::Manip; use feature 'say'; my @dates = ( "2018-02-20 00:00:00", "20180220", "02/20/2018", "02/20/18", # interpreted as 1918-02-20 "2018-02-20", "today"); say UnixDate( ParseDate($_), "%Y-%m-%d") for (@dates); __END__ $ perl test.pl 2018-02-20 2018-02-20 2018-02-20 2018-02-20 2018-02-20 2018-02-20` [download] So in conclusion, yes the module can parse all the dates that you provided. Update: If you want to know which date formats are acceptable from the module read here Date::Manip::Date/VALID DATE FORMATS. On the same link you will find time formats but also date and time formats combined. Update 2: A minor similar example on how to parse time and print also time zone if you are interested: Read more... (883 Bytes) Hope this helps, BR. Seeking for Perl wisdom...on the process of learning...not there...yet!	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Date::Parse - how to correctly parse dates between 1901 and 1969 by eniad (Acolyte) on Feb 20, 2018 at 16:52 UTC
It even correctly handles the 2-digit year example. Nice! I'll take a deeper dive into Date::Manip. Thanks for the example.	[reply]
Re^4: Date::Parse - how to correctly parse dates between 1901 and 1969 by eniad (Acolyte) on Feb 20, 2018 at 20:23 UTC
Date::Manip greatly simplified the parsing of the datetimes. See Solution 2 in my answer. Thanks for the help!	[reply]