Re: RFC 48 (v1) Replace localtime() and gmtime() with da

[Johan Vromans]

On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 01:10:23PM -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:
> So you see why we need a persistent format() function. However, I think
> your real issue is a one-time call that just changes the format
> temporarily:
> 
>   print $date->strftime('%H:%M');  # print the time
>   print "$date";                   # without touching this

Indeed.

> I'll put strftime() back in, I think that's probably the best thing for
> this.

strftime sounds like a real Unixism to me. 'set_format' and 'format' looks
more neutral and at least as effective.

-- Johan