Here's another way...

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

use Date::Calc;
my ($nwyr,$nwmth,$nwday, $nwhr,$nwmin,$nwsec) = Date::Calc::Today_and_
+Now();

my $dttm1 = "2002-03-06 12:10:52";
my ($d1yr, $d1mth, $d1day, $d1hr, $d1min, $d1sec)
 = ($dttm1 =~ /(\d*)-(\d*)-(\d*) (\d*):(\d*):(\d*)/);

my ($Ddays,$Dhrs,$Dmins,$Dsecs) =
  Date::Calc::Delta_DHMS($nwyr,$nwmth,$nwday, $nwhr,$nwmin,$nwsec,
                         $d1yr,$d1mth,$d1day, $d1hr,$d1min,$d1sec);
my $totMinsDiff = abs(($Ddays * 24 * 60) + ($Dhrs * 60) + ($Dmins) + (
+$Dsecs / 60));

print "Absolute difference in minutes is: $totMinsDiff \n";

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nandeya

In reply to Re: difference between 2 dates by nandeya
in thread difference between 2 dates by Anonymous Monk

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