Re^2: Get the Fiscal Year from Date

A simple lookup table <...] would be much quicker than using generic date modules

In the case of Data::Manip, this is quite true. Being a pure-Perl module, it is quite slow. On the other hand cpan:://Date::Calc is largely written in C, and as a result tends to be much faster for general date manipulations.

But in the present scenario, I would tend to agree, a lookup table will be the way to go.

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Re^3: Get the Fiscal Year from Date by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 03, 2007 at 20:16 UTC
You're right. I should have made it clearer that I meant "for this specific application". Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]

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Re^3: Get the Fiscal Year from Date
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 03, 2007 at 20:16 UTC

You're right. I should have made it clearer that I meant "for this specific application".

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

"Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."

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