Re^3: TIMTOWTDI Challenge: Create a filename

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Re^4: TIMTOWTDI Challenge: Create a filename by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 11, 2009 at 23:03 UTC
Won't that be over 300 years from now? If that's really a problem, just add `sprintf '%17.6f'` or whatever to the mix.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: TIMTOWTDI Challenge: Create a filename by ysth (Canon) on Jan 11, 2009 at 23:27 UTC
No, it was a few years ago, using the unix epoch. `$ perl -wle'print ~~gmtime 1e9' Sun Sep 9 01:46:40 2001` [download] Other past problem dates are 19700101 (several digit changes:), 19700102, 19700112, 19700426, 19730303. In the future lie 22861120, 51381116, 33658-09-27, etc. -- Online Fortune Cookie Search Office Space merchandise	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: TIMTOWTDI Challenge: Create a filename by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 11, 2009 at 23:33 UTC
I figured you meant the switch to 11 digits because time's not about to start running backwards. The `sprintf` solution can be used if the problem is changed to something that needs to handle past dates.	[reply] [d/l]