Re: Changing format of a date.

It looks like you've got strings of a pretty simple formula, and you want other strings of a pretty simple formula. A single s/// could probably do everything you need. What have you actually tried so far?

And I know that requirements often come from outside your control, but I would advise against the MMDDYY format and stick with ISO-standard YYYY-MM-DD format. Why erase the century digits? Why use a format that will take a lot of effort to sort properly? Is 0801 supposed to be August 1 or 8 January? The ISO format takes a few more characters but gives back more in terms of readability, stability and functionality.

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Re: Re: Changing format of a date. by nadadogg (Acolyte) on Aug 04, 2003 at 20:16 UTC
The reason im switching to mmddyy from yyyy-mm-dd format is due to the proprietary database system i use at work, it is quite old and set in its ways, much like everything else here. I can assure you I'd love to change things up, but in my odd position, I'm given all the responsiblity in the world, and zero power or authority. I gotta basically limbo here at work, under BS deadlines, etc. and not being able to change things.	[reply]
3Re: Changing format of a date. by jeffa (Bishop) on Feb 11, 2004 at 21:40 UTC
Nobody has mentioned Time::Piece which has a nice interface to `strptime` and `strftime`: `use Time::Piece; print localtime ->strptime('2003-08-01','%Y-%m-%d') ->strftime('%m%d%y') ;` [download] jeffa L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)	[reply] [d/l]