It might be worthwhile to check the POSIX strftime Clib-function:
As example:
$ perl -we 'use POSIX; print strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z",
localtime(time()) )."\n"'
Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:45:31 +0200
$ date --rfc-822
Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:45:32 +0200
I am unfamiliar with differences in platforms or impact in code when used ...
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Met vriendelijke groet / Kind regards,
Fred de Brouwer
On 29 Apr 2015, at 16:29, Dianne Skoll <d...@roaringpenguin.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Apr 2015 10:17:34 -0400
> "Bill Cole" <mdlist-20140...@billmail.scconsult.com> wrote:
>
>> I am quite happy to hear that it was a summer intern who wrote that.
>> It didn't seem up to the quality I'm used to seeing in MD and I'm
>> glad it isn't a sign of encroaching senility (but I project...)
>
> :)
>
> No, I'm not senile yet. OK, since my recent life change I've started
> crying at pictures of puppies and babies and craving chocolate... but
> I digress...
>
> I'll look at implementing a sane test for rfc2822_date that doesn't rely
> on the OS "date" command at all.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dianne.
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