I have two date/time strings that I need to compare to see if they are the same date or not. One is "Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:34:55 GMT" and the other is "Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:03:02 +1000".

I guess it's a two-step process:
1) Convert them both to the same timezone, and then
2) Compare the date component of the date/time to see if they're the same date.

I've been searching around and am now totally bewildered and baffled by the various date & time modules available. I have tried a few and can't work out how to do this. I'm not a perl programmer, I'm an occasional dabbler, but I would have thought it would be simple. Can anyone provide a straightforward way of doing this?

In reply to How to compare date/times in different timezones? by philled

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