No module in the world is going to be able to extract a timestamp like that out from just a "YYYY-MM-DD" string (it certainly could make up something on the same day (usually midnight), but . . .). If you mean you've got a date field in a database, you're similarly up the creek since that would lack the requisite resolution as well.

Now if there's actually a datetime or timestamp (or whatever your DB calls it) value then you want to change how you're extracting the value from the database (and most likely would be able to get it returned to you in your desired format without need for further munging).

Not that that's a Perl problem, per se . . .

The cake is a lie.
The cake is a lie.
The cake is a lie.

In reply to Re: Date question by Fletch
in thread Date question by htmanning

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.