$ftp->mdtm question

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Dear All, I am trying to retrieve the file using ftp, but I would like to get the file that is created today's date. So I need try to compare the file date with today's date. I am using $ftp->mdtm command to get the date, but date is Unix Timestamp Format. I do not know how to compare with today. any help more than welcome. Thanks, nevzat

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Re: $ftp->mdtm question by zby (Vicar) on Mar 19, 2003 at 16:30 UTC
See the documentation for the `localtime` built in function ( `perldoc -f localtime`).	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: $ftp->mdtm question by fokat (Deacon) on Mar 19, 2003 at 21:58 UTC
Beware the timezone differences. It seems that there is not a standard way to learn the timezone in which the FTP server is running. IIRC, `MDTM` should return the timestamp in UTC, but I've found this to be unreliable. In a utility I wrote (here and here), I simply add an offset to the time to make an accurate comparison. Best regards -lem, but some call me fokat	[reply]