create array from strftime

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Re: create array from strftime by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 20, 2012 at 17:45 UTC
Problem #1: `strftime` doesn't take an epoch time for argument. Problem #2: `strftime` returns a single string. Then there's also the fact that "3 scalars" are not "an array". Solution: `my ($day, $month, $year) = (localtime)[3,4,5]; $month += 1; $year += 1900;` [download] `localtime`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: create array from strftime by taint (Chaplain) on Jun 20, 2012 at 18:07 UTC
Or read the output of strftime(3). :) Here's another example: `use POSIX qw(strftime); # POSIX is your friend # see man strftime(3) for format options my $gmtstring = strftime "%F %H:%I:%S %z", localtime; print $gmtstring;` [download] Hope this helps. my $perl_version( 5.12.4 ); print $perl_version;	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: create array from strftime by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 20, 2012 at 19:45 UTC
How does one use that to populate $day, $month and $year?	[reply]
Re^4: create array from strftime by taint (Chaplain) on Jun 20, 2012 at 22:19 UTC
Re: create array from strftime by Anonymous Monk on Jun 20, 2012 at 17:44 UTC
<serious joker>Sure, all you do is stuff some dynamite into your pants and light the fuze the opposite of strftime is strptime, DateTime comes with both	[reply]


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