How to compare two date strings??

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Re: How to compare two date strings?? by prasadbabu (Prior) on Jun 15, 2006 at 14:35 UTC
Hi dani_cv_74, This is in Perl FAQ, perlfaq4. Please do Super Search, before posting. Also take a look at How (Not) To Ask A Question. Prasad	[reply]
Re: How to compare two date strings?? by davorg (Chancellor) on Jun 15, 2006 at 14:42 UTC
What do you mean by "compare"? Do you just want to find which is the earliest? Or the latest? The easiest way is probably to convert them into DateTime objects. DateTime::Format::Strptime can be useful for that. -- <http://dave.org.uk> "The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club." -- Chip Salzenberg	[reply]
Re: How to compare two date strings?? by jdtoronto (Prior) on Jun 15, 2006 at 14:41 UTC
Date::Calc Updated At the very sensible suggestion of davorg I have removed Date::Manip - that module is excellent, but with newer things around it should only be used in exceptional circumstances.	[reply]
Re^2: How to compare two date strings?? by davorg (Chancellor) on Jun 15, 2006 at 14:51 UTC
If you look in CPAN, you'll find that there are a number of Date and Time packages. Is Date::Manip the one you should be using? In my opinion, the answer is no most of the time. That's the author of Date::Manip writing in the documentation. I wish people would stop recommending Date::Manip. The DateTime family of modules is more powerful and (most importantly) has a consistant API. -- <http://dave.org.uk> "The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club." -- Chip Salzenberg	[reply]