TIME::LOCAL from within KSH

g_speran has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello all, Sorry if this is easy but I just can not figure it out. I am modifying a KSH script and within it i need to get an epoch time. So I have been trying the following with no result. If you can offer some guidance or sate if it can even be done, I would appreciate it.

epoch_time=`perl -mTIME::LOCAL -e"print timelocal(58,41,21,18,5,2007)"
+`
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so I am looking to use epoch_time later in the ksh script thanks Gary

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Re: TIME::LOCAL from within KSH by AltBlue (Chaplain) on May 19, 2007 at 03:02 UTC
An error message would have been useful here, but for starters let's guess you meant Time::Local (case sensitive) and -M (importing `timelocal`). e.g.: `perl -MTime::Local -le 'print timelocal(...)'` Better yet, rather than calling perl for such tiny operations maybe you should read `date(1)` man page (pay attention to `-d` parameter). -- altblue.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: TIME::LOCAL from within KSH by graff (Chancellor) on May 19, 2007 at 04:52 UTC
What version of "date(1)" are you talking about? My version (MacOSX/darwin, based on bsd) doesn't have a "-d" option at all, and on a freebsd machine, "-d" means "set the kernel's value for daylight savings time". (Looks like the Solaris 5.8's "date" didn't have "-d" either, and on a linux box, "-d STRING" doesn't seem to report seconds since epoch, but `date +%s` does.) Just curious...	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: TIME::LOCAL from within KSH by AltBlue (Chaplain) on May 19, 2007 at 11:52 UTC
What version of "date(1)" are you talking about? Sorry, OP didn't mention anything about his/her env. "-d STRING" doesn't seem to report seconds since epoch, but date +%s does "`-d STRING`" will be used for passing custom time, otherwise you'll be formatting the current time ;-) e.g.: `$ date -d '1987-12-18 12:13:14' -u '+%s' 566827994 $ date -d '1987-12-18' -u '+%s' 566784000` [download] -- altblue.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: TIME::LOCAL from within KSH by TOD (Friar) on May 19, 2007 at 11:56 UTC
as far as i know the package is called Time::Local. -------------------------------- masses are the opiate for religion.	[reply]