the END_DS field is the date field that I want - but as I couldnt get it back from the seconds since epoch field I included it. IMHO it would be tideir to just use the (numerical) date-seconds and convert it back as necessary . i used the Date::Manip function Date_SecsSince1970($m,$d,$y,$h,$mn,$s); to get the date& time into a format I can sort it by. i was wanting to use Date::manip to extract the bits i want ( HH:MM) for the final display. i can do it by splitting the text formatted value (START_DS) but i thought it would be neater ( and i'd learnt something ) by doing it using the module
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