I've only used localtime->strptime() to get a localtime instance from a time without a time zone.

To get a localtime instance directly from a time with a time zone, I just combine localtime and Time::Piece->strptime()->epoch.

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Test::More ('no_plan');
use Time::Piece;

$ENV{'TZ'} = 'America/Los_Angeles';

my $datestr = '2017-06-19 10:07:42-0700';

my $t = localtime(Time::Piece->strptime($datestr, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z
+')->epoch);

is($Time::Piece::VERSION, 1.31);

is($t->epoch, 1497892062);

is($t->tzoffset, -25200);

is($t->strftime, 'Mon, 19 Jun 2017 10:07:42 PDT');

is($t->strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z'), $datestr);

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In reply to Re^5: Time::Piece reversibility by cguevara
in thread Time::Piece reversibility by mla12

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