in reply to Convert date

Date::Format synopsis shows:
use Date::Format; @lt = localtime(time); print time2str($template, time); print strftime($template, @lt);
time and localtime are perl functions.

Its better to use strptime.

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Re^2: Convert date
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 15, 2009 at 07:27 UTC
    Convert the string '20080501' to '2008-05-01'