Re: epoch time

Out of curiosity, is there a reason to not use these modules? I have found Date::Manip to be exceedingly helpful. (OK, it's for a script that reminds people that it's their turn to bring bagels and coffee into the office. You'd be surprised how irritated folks get when they don't show up on time.)

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Re^2: epoch time by davorg (Chancellor) on Feb 01, 2007 at 08:34 UTC
Date::Manip is very powerful. But there are now better ways to deal with dates and times in Perl. And even the author of Date::Manip says that you shouldn't use it most of the time. -- <http://dave.org.uk> "The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club." -- Chip Salzenberg	[reply]
Re^3: epoch time by nothingmuch (Priest) on Feb 01, 2007 at 12:38 UTC
I'd like to echo the praise for DateTime, but also note that Date::Manip is still quite useful as DateTime::Format::DateManip due to it's very liberal parser. -nuffin zz zZ Z Z #!perl	[reply]
Re^2: epoch time by palette (Scribe) on Feb 01, 2007 at 12:35 UTC
Hi, Really it was very useful. Have a method in Date::Manip ie; $date = Date_NextWorkDay($date,$off ,$time); very useful. Its easy. But had a problem here. Consider if I am adding 10 to a date that falls on saturday or sunday then the next working day must be similar to that when I add 10 working days with a date that falls on Friday. But it doesnt happens like that with Date::Manip I am not sure whether I have some mistake in understanding. But anyway fixed the problem by checing whether is a working day if yes then add 10 else add 9 Thanks	[reply]