Re: Calculating date from a fixed point

One way.

#! perl -slw
use strict;
use Date::Manip;

print UnixDate( 
    DateCalc( 
        ParseDate('December 28, 1800')
    , '+72583 days')
, '%Q');
__END__
C:\test>248106
19990919
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Examine what is said, not who speaks.

1) When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
2) The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible
3) Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke.

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•Re: Re: Calculating date from a fixed point by merlyn (Sage) on Apr 09, 2003 at 03:53 UTC
Beware the heftiness of Date::Manip, however. {grin} -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply]
Re: •Re: Re: Calculating date from a fixed point by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 17, 2003 at 23:23 UTC
I just got around to following the link you posted, and laughed myself silly. Thanks for lightening my day:) Examine what is said, not who speaks. 1) When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. 2) The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible 3) Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke.	[reply]