Re: Getting previous dates from the current date

This should work - I had a similar question here a while back and this is what I came up with - with the help of others...

use POSIX qw(strftime);

my $thisday           = time;
my $SixtyDaysPrevious = $thisday - 60 * 24 * 60 * 60;
$SixtyDaysPrevious    = strftime "%m/%d/%Y", ( localtime($SixtyDaysPre
+vious) );
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Re^2: Getting previous dates from the current date by Smylers (Pilgrim) on Mar 29, 2005 at 17:32 UTC
This should work But it won't do all the time: you've fallen for the apparently common trap of assuming that days have 24 hours in them, then using `localtime`. More generally, you've fallen for the trap of trying to write this stuff yourself rather than trusting the `DateTime` geniouses to have got it right for you, so that you don't need to think about such awkwardnesses. Smylers	[reply]
Re^3: Getting previous dates from the current date by tcf03 (Deacon) on Mar 29, 2005 at 18:23 UTC
should being the operative word. Its worked to my advantage that just enough was good enough.	[reply]