Re: [SLUG] subracting dates from dates

2001-12-17 Thread Broun, Bevan
on Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 11:47:57AM +1100, George Vieira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Is there a way to subtract the number of days remaining from a date so I can report back 125 days remaining etc.. under linux/perl? I want to subtract it from a date which will be a special event

Re: [SLUG] subracting dates from dates

2001-12-17 Thread Tony Green
* This one time, at band camp, George Vieira said: Hi all, Is there a way to subtract the number of days remaining from a date so I can report back 125 days remaining etc.. under linux/perl? I want to subtract it from a date which will be a special event etc.. Is there a date to interger

Re: [SLUG] subracting dates from dates

2001-12-17 Thread cpaul
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:47:57 +1100 George Vieira wrote: Is there a way to subtract the number of days remaining from a date so I can report back 125 days remaining etc.. under linux/perl? you may also find Class::Date useful.

RE: [SLUG] subracting dates from dates

2001-12-17 Thread George Vieira
Systems Manager Citadel Computer Systems P/L -Original Message- From: Tony Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 18 December 2001 12:00 PM To: Sydney Linux Users Group (E-mail) Subject: Re: [SLUG] subracting dates from dates * This one time, at band camp, George Vieira said: Hi

RE: [SLUG] subracting dates from dates

2001-12-17 Thread George Vieira
: Tuesday, 18 December 2001 1:02 PM To: Sydney Linux Users Group (E-mail) Subject: RE: [SLUG] subracting dates from dates Thanks to all that replied.. I found a way to do it in bash but now want to use perl to check the passed in date for it's format ie... mm/dd/ format. I'd be happy with just