Hi,

I'm trying to convert from one date to another, using Date::Format

The input format is:

2008-11-03  19:03:44

and output:

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:15:44 EST

As a starting point, I'm trying to convert the inputted date into an epoch string: 

  my @tmp_date = qw/2008 11 03 20 15/;

  my $test = strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M", @tmp_date);
  print "X: $text\n<br>";

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However, this always comes up blank. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a better way to do this? Preferably, I would like to just pass in the "in format", "out format", and then the string to be converted.

TIA

Andy

In reply to Converting dates with Date:Format by ultranerds

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