Re: How to compare two date strings??

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.

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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]

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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.

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<http://dave.org.uk>

"The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club."
-- Chip Salzenberg

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