Re^6: changing date format in and out

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The $_ in localtime $_ is not optional: without it, the function returns current local time; likewise gmtime().

The -l (that's a small ell) command line switch may be useful: it will automatically chomp the input record separator (IRS) on input and append the ORS on output. (IRS and ORS are both a newline by default.) As mentioned, not so important on input, but on output this gives you your converted time strings each on a separate line rather than as one (very long) line.

>cat utimes
1111111
22222222
333333333

>perl -wMstrict -lne "print scalar localtime $_"  < utimes  > ltimes

>perl -wMstrict -lne "print scalar gmtime $_"  < utimes  > gmtimes

>cat ltimes
Tue Jan 13 15:38:31 1970
Mon Sep 14 23:50:22 1970
Thu Jul 24 19:35:33 1980

>cat gmtimes
Tue Jan 13 20:38:31 1970
Tue Sep 15 04:50:22 1970
Fri Jul 25 00:35:33 1980
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Example without -l command line switch:

>perl -wMstrict -ne "print scalar localtime $_"  < utimes  > ltimes

>cat ltimes
Tue Jan 13 15:38:31 1970Mon Sep 14 23:50:22 1970Thu Jul 24 19:35:33 19
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Re^7: changing date format in and out by gio001 (Acolyte) on Mar 23, 2011 at 17:55 UTC
I replaced gmtime with localtime and it seems to work properly. Thanks Any advice anyway?	[reply]

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