in reply to Re^16: Sybase BCP date formatter
in thread Sybase BCP date formatter

Ok... I've muddled along here and am getting a bit closer to what I need.
#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; { my %mons = qw( Jan 1 Feb 2 Mar 3 Apr 4 May 5 Jun 6 Jul 7 Aug 8 Sep + 9 Oct 10 Nov 11 Dec 12 ); my $mon_str = join '|', keys %mons; my $mon_re = qr/$mon_str/; sub fix_bcp_file { my ( $file ) = @_; local ( $^I, @ARGV ) = ( '.bak', $file ); while ( <> ) { s/(^|\,)($mon_re)\s{1,2}(\d{1,2})\s(\d{4})\s\s?(\d\d?):(\d +\d):(\d\d):(\d{3})([AP])M(\,|$)/ $1 . sprintf( '%02d %02d %04d %02d:%02d%sM', $mons{ $2 }, $3, $4, $5, $6, $9 ) . $10 /eg; print; # UPDATED thanks runrig } } } for my $file (@ARGV) { fix_bcp_file($file); }
So from my test data which is:
0960280645060099800,1,0,1,03/01/200003240685/0960280645060099800_1,,,,52688,Jan 28 1997 9:53:22:610AM,200003240685
My script will now convert to:
0960280645060099800,1,0,1,03/01/200003240685/0960280645060099800_1,,,,52688,01 28 1997 09:53AM,200003240685

Can someone suggest how I can get rid of leading zero's without creating a space?

Rob (...on a steep learning curve...)

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Re^18: Sybase BCP date formatter
by runrig (Abbot) on Dec 17, 2008 at 23:25 UTC
    You probably don't even want to use sprintf if you don't want leading zeroes. Just use double quotes. Try this:
    my $x = 1; my $y = 2; my $str1 = sprintf "%02d %02d\n", $x, $y; print "$str1\n"; my $str2 = "$x $y"; print "$str2\n";
    I agree with Corion though, that the date format ought to be YYYY-mm-dd if at all possible. I guess it depends on what you're using the date for...
      Folks,
      Thanks for responding.. I need to verify the format requirement - thanks to all for your help and patience. Robert