it would be interesting to see a proper comparison of DateTime functionality with Date::Manip; i would be surprised if Date::Manip came off worst
OK, lets find a framework for the comparison. I'm very much interested in this.

Here's some suggestions for comparison of results:

I think the next place to go from here is to make a list of tasks that each module is to perform. Anyone reading this who is an advocate of Date::Manip? I'd hate to create a list of tests only to be told DateTime wins simply because all the tests were written by a DateTime developer.

Please, anyone, tell me the tasks you use Date::Manip for. From the top post in this thread I assume we want the current time and date in the local time zone, formatted in the locally preferred format.

use Date::Manip;
$ENV{TZ} = 'EST';
print UnixDate(ParseDate("today"),"%c");
#use Date::Manip;$ENV{TZ}=;print UnixDate(ParseDate(),)

use DateTime;
print DateTime->now(time_zone=>'Australia/Melbourne')->strftime("%c");
#use DateTime;print DateTime->now(time_zone=>)->strftime()

[download]
TestDate::ManipDateTimeCommend
Acurateness of results01As evidenced by the post, Date::Manip does not work.
Brevity of Code10.9 
Understandability of code0.60.8Both have their weaknesses here. They both use the symbol %c, which is not too clear. However in DateTime, we see the command for the %c right next to it, rather than in D:M where the command is back at the start of the line. I also took points off D:M for the use of %ENV. Looking at this snippet in a large script, it wouldn't be too obvious that the two commands were related in any way.
1.62.7

Scoring:
Acurateness of results: 1 if accurate, 0 if inaccurate
Brevity of Code: 1 for the shorter code, once data has been removed. Then the longer gets shorter/longer.
Understandability of code: Value judgement.

Of course, I'm open to any criticism, additions and corrections to my comparison. I'd really like to create a fair comparison of various common tasks. Send me your code and your comparisons. Or just send me your test-in-english and I'll code them both.

In reply to Re: Re: setting TZ causes Date::Manip to report incorrect time by BigLug
in thread setting TZ causes Date::Manip to report incorrect time by meonkeys

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