Petr Vileta <> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Hanchrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 8:08 PM > Subject: Re: date() function does not work in Windoze... > > >> I must say I'm appalled at the number of people who suggest sprintf >> instead of strftime. People of Earth, I implore you: read about >> strftime. It's what you want. >> -- > Yes Eric, you are absolutely right, but you write into Activestate > listserver :-) ActivePerl is primary intended for Windows programmers.
Not really. The ActivePerl list covers any platform for which Activestate has a distribution at a very minimum. For a windows specific list you would need Perl-Win32-* lists. > I cite from my Activestate Perl documentation: > > ---CUT--- > strftime > > Convert date and time information to string. Returns the string. > [....] > Consult your system's strftime() manpage for details about these and > the other arguments. If you want your code to be portable, your > format (fmt) argument should use only the conversion specifiers > defined by the ANSI C standard. > ---CUT--- > > Hmm, my (Windows) system have not strftime() manpage! What now? :-) This just the standard Perl documentation but is, I think, a fair point, and I am tempted to say "Well, that's Microsoft for you", but that may not be entirely fair. However, google is your friend. It didn't take me long to find this link http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fe06s4ak(en-US,VS.80).aspx. It is even easier to find Linux man pages for strftime. So with that and a bit of trial and error it is not difficult to discover what subset of format specifiers is supported (been there, done that, the T-shirt shrank in the wash). HTH -- Brian Raven ================================= Atos Euronext Market Solutions Disclaimer ================================= The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and solely for the intended addressee(s). Unauthorised reproduction, disclosure, modification, and/or distribution of this email may be unlawful. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your system. The views expressed in this message do not necessarily reflect those of Atos Euronext Market Solutions. L'information contenue dans cet e-mail est confidentielle et uniquement destinee a la (aux) personnes a laquelle (auxquelle(s)) elle est adressee. Toute copie, publication ou diffusion de cet email est interdite. Si cet e-mail vous parvient par erreur, nous vous prions de bien vouloir prevenir l'expediteur immediatement et d'effacer le e-mail et annexes jointes de votre systeme. Le contenu de ce message electronique ne represente pas necessairement la position ou le point de vue d'Atos Euronext Market Solutions. _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
