On Mon, 08 Apr 2002 02:04:10 +0100, Troy May wrote:
> What's the easiest way to get yesterday's date from localtime? I need
> it in this format: (for today) "070402".
>
> Here is the code used for today's date:
>
> ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,undef,undef,undef) = localtime();
> $mon++;
Subtract number of seconds in a day 86400 from time:
($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,undef,undef,undef) = localtime(time - 86400);
Will give you yesterday.
Mutliply by 2 - 2 days ago, 3 - days ago, etc.
Wags ;)
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