TimeZone convert problem.

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Re: TimeZone convert problem. by Anonymous Monk on Oct 04, 2012 at 19:45 UTC
use DateTime see http://datetime.perl.org/wiki/datetime/page/FAQ	[reply]
Re^2: TimeZone convert problem. by hmb104 (Sexton) on Oct 04, 2012 at 19:56 UTC
Thanks	[reply]
Re^3: TimeZone convert problem. by Anonymous Monk on Oct 04, 2012 at 20:35 UTC
Start with one of these `my $dt = DateTime::Format::ISO8601->parse_datetime( $datestr ); my $dt = DateTime::Format::DateParse->parse_datetime( $datestr ); my $dt = DateTime::Format::Flexible->parse_datetime( $datestr );` [download] Then finish with `$dt->set_time_zone( 'Country/City' ); print $dt->strftime( q[%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y] ), "\n";` [download] or whatever	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: TimeZone convert problem. by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 06, 2012 at 04:49 UTC
Re: TimeZone convert problem. by kennethk (Abbot) on Oct 04, 2012 at 19:45 UTC
My usual goto for dealing with time is DateTime. I don't know about the particular string format you are listing, but chances are there is something to do it in the DateTime::Format namespace, as dscussed in Parsing Dates. #11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.	[reply]
Re^2: TimeZone convert problem. by Anonymous Monk on Oct 04, 2012 at 21:43 UTC
Format is ISO 8601 ("T" is the separator between date & time; "z" is UTC time zone).	[reply]
Re: TimeZone convert problem. by DrHyde (Prior) on Oct 05, 2012 at 11:28 UTC
DateTime is the canonical module for handling dates and times. DateTime::Format::ISO8601 and various other DateTime::Formats are handy for parsing textual dates and times. But you don't want to search for timezone abbreviations. Really, you don't. To take just one example, when you say EST do you mean UTC-5 (North America), UTC-3 (Brazil), or UTC+10 (Australia)?	[reply]
Re: TimeZone convert problem. by Marshall (Canon) on Oct 05, 2012 at 02:02 UTC
how I can convert the time format such as "2012-10-02T12:34:08.94Z" to a UNIX format? You cannot do that because the Unix time format is an integer seconds from the "epoch time". ".94" hundredth's seconds is meaningless. A conversion from "2012-10-02 12:34:08Z" to a Unix time_t integer is possible. It is possible to track higher resolutions that one second. But you need a different data structure than a time_t value. I would look at Date::Time.	[reply]