Time::JulianDay Replacement Question

Red_Dragon has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Knowedgeable Sirs,

I was using TIME::JulianDay with ActivePerl-5.8.3.809, I have since installed ActivePerl-5.10.1.1007. The PPM GUI displays all modules (compatible with the release I have installed) that can be loaded, but TIME::JulianDay is not among them.

I was wondering what module I could use in its place, that is functionally comparable and acceptable to the new version of Perl.

Thank you.

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Re: Time::JulianDay Replacement Question by Anonymous Monk on Jul 08, 2010 at 19:28 UTC
DateTime::Calendar::Julian, A Guide to Installing Modules, A guide to installing modules for Win32.	[reply]
Re: Time::JulianDay Replacement Question by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 08, 2010 at 21:35 UTC
It's probably not available via `ppm` because it can't be generated automatically because it fails its tests on Win32. The failures appear to be expected and should disappear if you set the environment as indicated in the error message, so you should be able to install it from source: `set TZ=PST8PDT cpan Time::JulianDay` [download] `cpan` should install any tool it needs. If not, you can get Visual Studio Express for free. (Click on "Visual C++ 2010 Express".)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Time::JulianDay Replacement Question by Marshall (Canon) on Jul 12, 2010 at 19:35 UTC
I looked on my Active State Perl 5.10 system and I have DateTime-Calendar-Julian. Since I didn't build it from "scratch", I got a pre-built module from somewhere. In ppm GUI version go to Edit \| Preferences and add u of winnipeg to the repository list if that doesn't work add more. Sometimes not all .ppd's are on the Active State site.	[reply]