Re^3: date tracking?

You can calculate the date 7 days ago and 30 days ago using a number of modules including DateTime. Then all you need is a simple string or numerical comparison if you used an appropriate format ("yyyy/mm/dd" or epoch seconds).

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Re^4: date tracking? by ack (Deacon) on Aug 21, 2009 at 16:45 UTC
Having done this same sort of thing quite a few times before, I agree with ikegami completely. When I discovered `Date::Time` it solved all of my problems. A little time thinking about how to use it...and it took very little time to do thinking given the tools that `Date::Time` provides... and I've never had to look back. I also often have issues, especially with cummulative counters, finding the number of "new" or "added" things during a particular time period. `Date::Time`, again, makes that easy. So I highly recommend getting to know `Date::Time`. ack Albuquerque, NM	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: date tracking? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 21, 2009 at 17:07 UTC
You keep mentioning Date::Time which consists entirely documentation of a interface concept. It has with no actual code. I believe you meant DateTime. The later is a well engineered module. It's great at not letting you do something that would be a bug.	[reply]