Venerable Monks,

I am using DateTime::Format::Strptime with a date in the format '%d%b%g' (ie. 05Jul08); 
$date = "05Jul08";

my $strp = DateTime::Format::Strptime->new(
    pattern     => '%d%b%g',
    locale      => 'en_US',
    on_error    => 'croak',
);
my $dt = $strp->parse_datetime($date);

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According to DateTime, %b should be the "abbreviated month name". I assume that with the 'en_US' locale set, that would mean 'Jul' in my case. However DateTime::Format::Strptime seems to be looking for 'July', or something with four characters: This is the error I get using the 'croak' parameter. 
There is no use providing a month name (Jul0) without providing a year
+. at parse_raw_reports.pl line 63

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Am I assuming that DateTime::Format::Strptime does something that it doesn't do? Can someone see what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks,

mb

In reply to DateTime::Format::Strptime - strftime formats not working? by initself

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