Hey thanks Andrea . "Mon May 19 23:00:00 2003 NZST" is that standard date format spat out by Postgres from my DBI query. Odd that its not supported.
mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrea Holstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 11:22 PM Subject: Re: add 3 months Mark Frater wrote: > > I'm missing something.. > > use Date::Manip; > $paidto ="Mon May 19 23:00:00 2003 NZST"; > $newpaid = &DateCalc($paidto,"+3 month",\$err); > print "paidto =$paidto\n"; > print "newpaid = $newpaid\n"; > > output > paidto =Mon May 19 23:00:00 2003 NZST > newpaid = I switched the position of "NZST" in $paidto: $paidto ="Mon May 19 23:00:00 NZST 2003"; ^^^^ Now I get what you wanted: paidto =Mon May 19 23:00:00 NZST 2003 newpaid = 2003081912:00:00 Greetings, Andrea -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]