Hi,
I am trying to find and easier way (and one that works) of converting a time string like "08:30:12" to a time in seconds (for the current day) since 1,Jan 1970.
Here is the code I have so far:
Note: for some reason the hour is off by one. I dont know why.
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use POSIX;

my $time = "08:30:12";
my (@time) = split(/:/, $time);
my (@lt) = localtime();

my $secs = mktime($time[2], $time[1], $time[0], $lt[3], $lt[4], $lt[5]
+, $lt[6]. $lt[7], $lt[8]);

# Lets check if the $secs return the correct time...
my $today = strftime "%D, %T", localtime($secs);
print $today , "\n";

exit;

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Does anyone know a better way to do this?

Cheers,
Reagen

In reply to Convert time to todays time by rsiedl

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