In the TMTOWTDI mode:


#!/usr/local/bin/perl -d

use strict;
use warnings;

use Time::Local;
use Time::HiRes qw( tv_interval );

my $date1 = "2006/01/03 03:59:59:671";
my $date2 = "2006/01/03 04:00:00:562";

my $t1 = convert_time( $date1 );
my $t2 = convert_time( $date2 );

my $elapsed = tv_interval( $t1, $t2 );
print $elapsed, "\n";

sub convert_time {
  my $date = shift;
  my( $yr, $mo, $dy ) = split( /\//, substr( $date, 0, 10 ) );
  my( $hr, $mn, $sc, $mi ) = split( /:/,  substr( $date, 11 ) );
  my $epoch = timelocal( $sc, $mn, $hr, $dy, $mo-1, $yr-1900 );
  [ $epoch, $mi*1000 ];
}

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In reply to Re: Best way to compare date strings by derby
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