this (untested) should print the UTC date in the format you require:
sub get_date {
use Time::gmtime;
my $tm = gmtime;
return sprintf "%4.4d-%2.2d-%2.2d %2.2d:%2.2d:%2.2d",
$tm->year+1900,
($tm->mon)+1,
$tm->mday,
$tm->hour,
$tm->min,
$tm->sec;
}
if you need the epoch time, for example to compute distances in time you can try (untested):
sub epoch {
use Time::Local;
my $time = shift();
my ($tmp_year,$tmp_month,$tmp_day,$tmp_hour,$tmp_min,$tmp_sec) = un
+pack('a4xa2xa2xa2xa2xa2',$time);
return timegm($tmp_sec,$tmp_min,$tmp_hour,$tmp_day,$tmp_month-1,$tmp
+_year-1900);
}
Hope this helps.
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