I need to create a search filter containing comparaison to a modifyTimestamp value. Someting like:
(&(modifyTimestamp>=20040325161257Z)(|(objectClass=XX)(objectClass=YY)) )
The data type syntax ("Generalized Time") is close to what 'date' can output:
$ date '+%Y%m%d%k%M%S' 20040406130637
And I could copy this string to my filter, after appending the "Z" to the end.
Now, what about if the timestamp is something like what can be found from the access log, ie.
25/Mar/2004:13:02:31 -0200
Can I convert this date to the "Generalized Time" format using the convert::ASN1 module?
Try Date::Parse to turn this into a unixtime value, then Date::Format to convert that into the string format you want.
Graham.
