Re^2: How to convert time stamp to unix time ?

The regex
/^(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})/
could surely be shortened to
m{ \d{2} }xmsg

>perl -wMstrict -le
"my $stamp = '100117104030';
 my ($YY, $MM, $DD, $hh, $mm, $ss) = $stamp =~ m{ \d{2} }xmsg;
 print $stamp;
 print qq{$YY $MM $DD $hh $mm $ss};
"
100117104030
10 01 17 10 40 30
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Re^3: How to convert time stamp to unix time ? by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Feb 03, 2010 at 18:27 UTC
What are the "m" and the "s" for. :)	[reply]
Re^4: How to convert time stamp to unix time ? by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Feb 04, 2010 at 07:16 UTC
They are magical charms against foot injury and late night hair loss. I make enough Stupid Regex Mistakes that I fear to be without them.	[reply]
Re^3: How to convert time stamp to unix time ? by Anonymous Monk on Feb 03, 2010 at 17:54 UTC
And in this case, `m{ \d{2} }xmsg` could be `/(\d\d)/g`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: How to convert time stamp to unix time ? by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Feb 04, 2010 at 07:10 UTC
... and, indeed, `/\d\d/g`	[reply] [d/l]