Mark Fowler wrote:
> 1) Is POSIX.pm a standard module
I believe it is, but the functionality might not be the same everywhere -- I
think it just gives you as much as the platform itself provides. However,
strftime so basic I'd guess any vaguely ANSI-/POSIX-compliant C library
should have it.
> (and how do I work this out for myself)
Er, download the Perl source and see if it's in there?
> and supported on all O.S.es so I don't have to rewrite strftime.
If you have a POSIX compliant compiler/C library, it should be there. I'd
say most are, nowadays. (Certainly now that Perl *requires* an ANSI C
compiler to build.)
> 2) How do I get strftime to produce th/st/nd for the date? I
> can't see it on man strftime, but I might just be going blind.
I don't think you can.
Cheers,
Philip
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