There is a great article by Dave Rolsky up on perl.com on date and time modules for perl, well worth checking out and bookmarking, especially given how often date & time questions come up around here- The Many Dates and Times of Perl

I have posted this to Perl News to bring attention to it but I think the article deserves a perment mention here... perhaps it's own node and link from module reviews?

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