Re: time ()

[clintp]

So essentially: you're subtracting the start time from the current time, both expressed in seconds. The result is a pile of seconds that then need to be translated to days, hours, minutes and leftover seconds. Right?

The DateCalc function in the Date::Manip module would do this. Beware, this is a heavyweight module. It might just be quicker to divide by 86400 (days), take the remainder and divide by 60*60 (hours), take the remainder and divide by 60 (minutes), and what's left is seconds.

[Fastolfe]

Implementers should note that a simple solution like this, while simple and usually perfectly adequate, will break with 'day', 'month' or 'year' labels across:
• Daylight Savings Time boundaries
• Month boundaries (given that months have varying days)
• Leap Year boundaries