Re: Find minutes difference between two dates

thank you for ikegami and the anonymous.

ikegami: is it possible to use your method to parse date string from a csv file. coz i have lots of dates need to be calculated. can i use something like:

while ($line=<TEMP>) 
{
 my $start = $format->parse_datetime( $line[3] );
 my $stop  = $format->parse_datetime( $line[4] );
}
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the anonymous: i have tried your code, however get the following error:

Month '12' out of range 0..11 at test.perl line 33

any suggestions for correction ?

many thanks guys ! Simon

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Re^2: Find minutes difference between two dates by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 06, 2009 at 20:49 UTC
can i use something like: Yes. Month '12' out of range 0..11 at test.perl line 33 Subtract 1 from the month and 1900 from the year before passing to `timelocal`.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Find minutes difference between two dates by Anonymous Monk on Oct 07, 2009 at 10:11 UTC
any suggestions for correction ? Oh. I forgot that timelocal expects the month parameter to be in the range of 0..11, 0 being January and 11 being december. `my $start_time = timelocal($start_time[5], $start_time[4], $start_time +[3], $start_time[2], $start_time[1]-1, $start_time[0]); my $end_time = timelocal($end_time[5], $end_time[4], $end_time[3], $ +end_time[2], $end_time[1]-1, $end_time[0]);` [download] Note the -1's. Ikegami's solution is much better when it comes to readability and maintainability, but mine is probably cheaper.	[reply] [d/l]