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Re: Re: Comparing two dates and getting back difference in days
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 21, 2004 at 18:26 UTC
    That's how it used to be before DateTime. That's why there is only DateTime now. 
    use DateTime;
use strict;
use warnings;
my $str = "2004-01-14";

my( $y, $m, $d ) = split /\D/,$str;

my $delta = DateTime->new(
    year => $y,
    month => $m,
    day => $d,
)->delta_days(
    DateTime->now(),
);

die $delta->days;

__END__
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      Is there an ActiveState repository with it?

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        DateTime failed to compile as a module for Perl 5.8 as per ActiveState's Build page.

        For Perl 5.6 it only exists as a ppm for the hpux-pa-risc.

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