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in thread Getting Weekly Dates

I think you're working at that too hard: 
use Date::Manip;
print map UnixDate($_, "%g\n"), ParseRecur("first monday of every mont
+h in 2001");

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which yields 
Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 -0800
Mon, 05 Feb 2001 00:00:00 -0800
Mon, 05 Mar 2001 00:00:00 -0800
Mon, 02 Apr 2001 00:00:00 -0800
Mon, 07 May 2001 00:00:00 -0800
Mon, 04 Jun 2001 00:00:00 -0800
Mon, 02 Jul 2001 00:00:00 -0800
Mon, 06 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0800
Mon, 03 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0800
Mon, 01 Oct 2001 00:00:00 -0800
Mon, 05 Nov 2001 00:00:00 -0800
Mon, 03 Dec 2001 00:00:00 -0800

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Date::Manip does everything. From the docs: 

       I'm trying to build a library which can do _EVERY_ con-
       ceivable date/time manipulation that you'll run into in
       everyday life.

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-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

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Re: Re: Re: Getting Weekly Dates
by mothra (Hermit) on Mar 09, 2001 at 01:30 UTC
    ...If only Date::Manip wouldn't whine about not being able to figure out my timezone. :( (on NT4WS)
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      use Date::Manip;
Date_Init("TZ=PST");

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      -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

      update: later on, in the same manpage (huge) it says... 
      
       Unable to determine TimeZone
           Perhaps the most common problem occurs when you get
           the error:

              Error: Date::Manip unable to determine TimeZone.

           Date::Manip tries hard to determine the local time-
           zone, but on some machines, it cannot do this (espe-
           cially non-unix systems).  To fix this, just set the
           TZ variable, either at the top of the Manip.pm file,
           or in the DateManip.cnf file.  I suggest using the
           form "EST5EDT" so you don't have to change it every 6
           months when going to or from daylight savings time.
           Windows NT does not seem to set the TimeZone by
           default.  From the Perl-Win32-Users mailing list:

              > How do I get the TimeZone on my NT?
              >
              >      $time_zone = $ENV{'TZ'};
              >
              You have to set the variable before, WinNT doesn't set i
+t by
              default.  Open the properties of "My Computer" and set a
+ SYSTEM
              variable TZ to your timezone.   Jenda@Krynicky.cz

           This might help out some NT users.

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        That worked. Thank you kindly for your help, it's just been one of those days. :)
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