[OT] Article idea for The Perl review 'Introduction to DateTime'

2003-08-26 Thread Hill, Ronald
Hi All, I wanted to ask the group about an idea I have for an article for the perl review. This would be a beginner/newbie article on basic usage of DateTime. I have put together some ideas starting with getting things into/out of DateTime and comparing dates. Any other ideas for the article? I

Re: [OT] Article idea for The Perl review 'Introduction to DateTime'

2003-08-26 Thread Iain Truskett
* Hill, Ronald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [27 Aug 2003 03:04]: I wanted to ask the group about an idea I have for an article for the perl review. The Perl Review is on hold until brian d foy comes back from active duty. Perhaps try TPJ? [now to actually read the article...] cheers, -- Iain.

Re: [OT] Article idea for The Perl review 'Introduction to DateTime'

2003-08-26 Thread Eugene van der Pijll
Hill, Ronald schreef: I wanted to ask the group about an idea I have for an article for the perl review. This would be a beginner/newbie article on basic usage of DateTime. I have put together some ideas starting with getting things into/out of DateTime and comparing dates. Any other ideas for

Re: [OT] Article idea for The Perl review 'Introduction to DateTime'

2003-08-26 Thread John Siracusa
On 8/26/03 2:10 PM, Eugene van der Pijll wrote: * You might want to show some date math: $dt1 = DateTime-now(); # One week ago: $dt2 = $dt1-clone-subtract( weeks = 1); print $dt2-datetime, \n; ...except you almost certainly want to do this: $dt1 = DateTime-now(time_zone =