How to get current UK time

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Re: How to get current UK time by pvaldes (Chaplain) on Aug 18, 2011 at 13:49 UTC
`use DateTime; my $date = DateTime->now(time_zone=>'GB', locale => 'en_GB'); print "today is $date";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
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Re: How to get current UK time by Anonymous Monk on Aug 18, 2011 at 11:06 UTC
DateTime is a good place to start	[reply]
Re^2: How to get current UK time by muba (Priest) on Aug 18, 2011 at 11:28 UTC
And, after you've made yourself comfortable with its documentation, it really is fairly straightforward and easy to use. I always fall back on DateTime whenever I have to calculate on times, time zones, dates, and things like that.	[reply]
Re: How to get current UK time by raybies (Chaplain) on Aug 18, 2011 at 13:00 UTC
Um, FWIW, the US is a big country, it doesn't have a single timezone... it spans four in the continental US alone... and more if you count all the way to Hawaii...	[reply]
Re^2: How to get current UK time by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 19, 2011 at 18:43 UTC
~~US isn't part of the UK~~ ug, I go back to sleep now. I swear I double checked the OP before posting.	[reply]