On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
..
> Thanks Orly. I made a dirty script:
>
> #!/usr/local/bin/perl
> #
> $now = time();
>
> ($seconds,$minutes,$hour,$monthday,$month,
> $year,$weekday,$yearday,$dst_flag) = localtime( $now );
>
> $year = $year + 1900;
> $month_name = (Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr,May,Jun,Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct,Nov,Dec)[$month];
>
> print "$month_name $monthday $year\n";
This is a Bad Solution(tm)!!!
Why reinvent the wheel when POSIX::strftime() can do all that and more?
More importantly, your method is not LOCALIZED, whereas
POSIX::strftime() with a properly localized libc (such as that in Sun
Solaris) can output human-grokkable dates in MANY LANGUAGES. =)
Just choose your locale!!
--
Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mosaic Communications, Inc.
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