I know about localtime(time); But I was wondering if there was a formula out there like 1066442632/60/60/24 that will say today is say 2003 10 17.
thanks > On Oct 17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>> How can I convert it to a readable date? >>>> >>>> $now=time; >>>> >>>> print $now return 1066442632 >>>> >>>> I had tied perldoc time but it says: >>>> No documentation found for "time". >>>> >>> >>> perldoc -f time >>> perldoc -f localtime >> >>Thanks, now I know how to use perldoc. But how do I convert that time? >>I have an application that stores it in that format. > > You were just shown; read the documentation for the localtime() function: > > perldoc -f localtime > > It takes the time value as its argument, or uses time() if you don't give > it one: > > $now = localtime; > $then = localtime($some_number_of_seconds); > > -- > Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ > RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ > <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. > [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] > > ----------------------------------------- eMail solutions by http://www.swanmail.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
