Hi all,
In article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob
Hanson wrote:
> There are lots of ways to do this, but I usually use the Date::Parse
> module. It converts a date string into seconds (seconds since 1/1/1970).
>
> use Date::Parse;
>
> my $hour = 3600; # 1 hour = 3600 seconds
>
> my $t1 = str2time("12/08/2003, 11:00");
> my $t2 = str2time("13/08/2003, 23:00");
>
> my $hours = ($t2 - $t1) / $hour;
I just tried this (as written) and $t2 is not initialized. Any ideas why?
(whoops, I think I know: locale)
If I change the second date to "12/09/2003, 23:00" then I get 36 hrs.
-K
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Kevin Pfeiffer
International University Bremen
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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