Re^2: How can I count the days between two dates?

The problem is that the duration is expressed in months (as shown below). Converting month to days is not a formatting issue. I don't see how that module would help. Am I missing something?

$VAR1 = bless( {
                 'seconds' => 0,
                 'minutes' => 0,
                 'end_of_month' => 'wrap',
                 'nanoseconds' => 0,
                 'days' => 0,
                 'months' => 13
               }, 'DateTime::Duration' );
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Re^3: How can I count the days between two dates? by Fletch (Bishop) on Nov 05, 2008 at 13:32 UTC
If he's specifically interested in just the number of days, then yes you're correct it's not a solution (hence the "Possibly" :). However if the actual problem is showing a duration in a hyooman friendly representation that module is capable of normalizing a duration into the smallest possible units of each (and its logic in doing so using a base date may be of use figuring out how to approach the problem if the actual number of days is the real goal; the section on normalization in the docs mentions it under "Months of unequal length"). The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply]

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Re^3: How can I count the days between two dates?
by Fletch (Bishop) on Nov 05, 2008 at 13:32 UTC

If he's specifically interested in just the number of days, then yes you're correct it's not a solution (hence the "Possibly" :). However if the actual problem is showing a duration in a hyooman friendly representation that module is capable of normalizing a duration into the smallest possible units of each (and its logic in doing so using a base date may be of use figuring out how to approach the problem if the actual number of days is the real goal; the section on normalization in the docs mentions it under "Months of unequal length").

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