Re^3: Diff'ing dates

The exit code can be controled as follows:

END { exit 1+($epochs[0] <=> $epochs[1]) }
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0: first time is earlier
1: both times are the same
2: second time is earlier
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perl -MTime::Local -lane'END{exit 1+($d<=>0)}$F[1]--;$d+=($.*2-3)*time
+local@F[5,4,3,2,1,6]'
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Re^4: Diff'ing dates by LighthouseJ (Sexton) on Oct 02, 2007 at 15:30 UTC
Oh, I'm not interested in which is earlier, I know the second one will always be later (or the same) than the first. I'm more interested in the actual value of the difference but I can handle that easily enough. "The three principal virtues of a programmer are Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris. See the Camel Book for why." -- `man perl`	[reply]