Re^3: RFC 822 date manipulation without DateTime module?

I was just saying the time conversion routines will take a trip through epoch time. That is true for whatever module or library that you use. These things take your text and convert it to a number and then take that number and make new text out of it!

I found this article on Tech Republic: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6132371.html

Basically this local time to gmtime is a mess! I hear that there are some parts of US states that adjust clocks +-30 minutes, not whole hours! The Perl modules will do what the GNU modules will do and maybe even more.

If you are really interested in "getting it right", I would suggest the Perl date/time module. This thing figures out leap seconds and stuff like that.

for conversion like from PDT to PSDT, etc, Perl is great at that!

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Re^4: RFC 822 date manipulation without DateTime module? by GhodMode (Pilgrim) on Jun 15, 2009 at 03:01 UTC
You're right, of course. Date::Time is the right way to do it. I'm just trying to minimize external dependencies. It's a hassle to install Perl dependencies. I need root access to use the `cpan` module or install something using APT. I don't even want to consider how Windows folks would do it. I would also need to eliminate the dependence on XML::LibXML (without replacing it with something else external). So, this is probably a wasted effort for me. I'm learning and having fun though :) After I'm done with this program, I might try with another language. Perl is still my favorite, but portability and easy installation (or no installation) are my goals. Besides that, I think I have some ideas about how a podcast downloader/client should be that are unique enough to eventually turn this into an open-source project. -- -- Ghodmode Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness. -- Thomas Carlyle	[reply]
Re^5: RFC 822 date manipulation without DateTime module? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 15, 2009 at 03:18 UTC
I need root access to use the cpan module Not true. You can install the modules to a directory you do have access to. See Re: Installing perl-only .pm modules locally?? (cpan custom lib)	[reply]