Re: create array from strftime

Problem #1: strftime doesn't take an epoch time for argument.

Problem #2: strftime returns a single string.

Then there's also the fact that "3 scalars" are not "an array".

Solution:

my ($day, $month, $year) = (localtime)[3,4,5];
$month += 1;
$year  += 1900;
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Re^2: create array from strftime by taint (Chaplain) on Jun 20, 2012 at 18:07 UTC
Or read the output of strftime(3). :) Here's another example: `use POSIX qw(strftime); # POSIX is your friend # see man strftime(3) for format options my $gmtstring = strftime "%F %H:%I:%S %z", localtime; print $gmtstring;` [download] Hope this helps. my $perl_version( 5.12.4 ); print $perl_version;	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: create array from strftime by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 20, 2012 at 19:45 UTC
How does one use that to populate $day, $month and $year?	[reply]
Re^4: create array from strftime by taint (Chaplain) on Jun 20, 2012 at 22:19 UTC
I used this to populate Month. Couldn't something similar be used for Year & Day? `use Time::Piece; use strict; my @months = qw( 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 ); my $t = localtime; print localtime->month(@months);` [download] my $perl_version( 5.12.4 ); print $perl_version;	[reply] [d/l]