Hi, Thanks everyone for the answer.
So silly of me. Didnt check the docs :$ --- Patrick Heffernan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 06:07:03 -0700 (PDT) > Alok Bhatt hammered out: > > > I am facing this strange problem related to dates. > > When I print the date using the system's date > command, > > it prints correctly. But when I do the same using > > localtime, it shows the month as wrong (1 month > > previous. > > > > bash-2.03$ perl -e '@a=localtime; print "@a\n"' > > 18 4 8 26 3 104 1 116 0 > > ^^^ > [Snip] > > bash-2.03$ date > > Mon Apr 26 08:04:23 GMT 2004 > > bash-2.03$ > > > > It shows the month as March (3) instead of April. > What > > could I be doing wrong? > > I'm only a raw beginner in Perl, so hopefully I'm > giving you the right > information. I'm sure others in the list will point > out my mistakes :) > > localtime returns the following: > > ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) > > with $mon, the month, being in the range (0 .. 11). > So January is 0 to > December being 11. You aren't doing anything wrong, > just misinterpreting > the information. > > HTH > > -- > Patrick Heffernan * Over the years, I've > developed my sense of > Maryvale Computer Service * deja vu so acutely that > now I can remember > Warwick - QLD * things that *have* > happened before ... > 07 4667 3807 * > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> > <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
