OK i could help you but i dont know what your data looks like. can you post an example bit your your data?


but other wise it may be the most simple to store the data as the result of the time() function. that way you have the number of seconds since the epoc.

Perl then provides you with a simple way to convert that into plain text.

so here is an example of what im talking about ..... 

$timestandard =  time() - 604800;  # time() will give us the number of
+ seconds since the epoc
                   # time() less 604800 seconds will give us the numbe
+r of seconds since the epoc 7 days ago
                   

@data=&magic_fucntion_that_opens_the_file_and_gets_the_data();

foreach $d (@data)
{
    push(@save, $d) if $d>$timestandard;
}

#so now all of the entries that are valid (ie. younger than one week o
+ld) are in the array @save
#now we print them to the file

open(SEZME, ">my_data_file.txt");
$,="\n";
print SEZME @save;
close SEZME;
undef($,);

#the rest of the script.............

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I dont know if that will help but ... i dont know how you are storing the time. If you have any control over that at all i would store it as seconds since the epoc ... it makes things so easy

little_mistress@mainhall.com

In reply to Re: End of Month Conversions For Date by little_mistress
in thread End of Month Conversions For Date by xaokitten

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