displaying microseconds from epoch like format

r0adawg has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello monks!

I'm seeking some instruction as I am learning the ins and outs of perl. I have a device that records information in microseconds using a epoch like format. I would like to be able to display the date time stamp like this : Thu Jun 10 18:15:34.155029 2010.

my record is formatted as : 1276218934.155029

my current approach is : printf OUT1 scalar(localtime($ep_time));

I know that there must be an easy way to convert this to a readable format, similar to what I referenced above.

thank you for your help and guidance.

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Re: displaying microseconds from epoch like format by GrandFather (Saint) on Oct 09, 2012 at 00:17 UTC
`my $epTime = 1276218934.155029; my ($epoch, $frac) = $epTime =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)/; (my $str = localtime $epoch) =~ s/(.*:\d+)/$1.$frac/; printf $str;` [download] Prints: `Fri Jun 11 13:15:34.15503 2010` [download] True laziness is hard work	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: displaying microseconds from epoch like format by r0adawg (Beadle) on Oct 09, 2012 at 18:01 UTC
awesome, changed and tweaked to work with my code: `($c_epoch, $frac) = $ep_time =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)/; #courtesy of perlmonks $c_epoch += $time; # converts to local time from internal date -> $FD $str = localtime $c_epoch) =~ s/(.*:\d+)/$1.$frac/; #courtesy of perlm +onks` [download] produces : `Thu Jun 10 07:12:02.729004 2010` I needed the finer resolution for processing. again thank you!	[reply] [d/l] [select]