module for days conversion

live4tech has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello. Does anyone know about a CPAN module I could use to convert a number of days to ( years months days hours ). I could do this manually by dividing down and using modulus, but using a module seems more Perlish to me.

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Re: module for days conversion by sauoq (Abbot) on May 17, 2012 at 05:35 UTC
I could do this manually by dividing down and using modulus You may be able to do what you want with Date::Calc. If not, you almost certainly could with Date::Manip::Delta. When you aren't dealing with specific dates, you run into problems which might not be obvious at first. How many months is 3100 days? Or how many days is 3 months? `-sauoq "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";`	[reply]
Re^2: module for days conversion by live4tech (Sexton) on May 19, 2012 at 04:03 UTC
Thanks, this was helpful!	[reply]
Re: module for days conversion by Anonymous Monk on May 17, 2012 at 11:16 UTC
Programming is no longer a "do it yourself" enterprise. Today, you look for an existing solution ... and you find it.	[reply]