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Sep 21, 2005, 3:23 AM
Andy
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Sep 21, 2005, 3:23 AM
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Convert yyyy-mm-dd format into UNIX timestamp...
Hi,

I'm trying to convert a normal date (i.e yyyy-mm-dd), into a UNIX timestamp. Thus far, I have;

date_transform ($date, '%yyyy%-%mm%-%dd%', '%yyyy%%m%%dd%%H%%MM%%ss%');

...but that doesn't seem to work right :/

Any ideas? Smile

TIA

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Sep 21, 2005, 4:54 AM
Volker
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Sep 21, 2005, 4:54 AM
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Re: [Andy] Convert yyyy-mm-dd format into UNIX timestamp... In reply to
Do you mean unixtime or timestamp?

You can't simply convert a date to unixtime by changing the format string since it needs to be converted into the seconds that have passed after 1970. This function will do the conversion:

Code:
sub {
my $year = 2005;
my $month = 9;
my $day = 21;

use Time::Local;
my $time = timelocal(0,0,0,$day,$month,$year);
return $time;
}
Sep 22, 2005, 2:47 AM
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Sep 22, 2005, 2:47 AM
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Re: [Volker] Convert yyyy-mm-dd format into UNIX timestamp... In reply to
Bugfix:

Code:
sub {
my $year = 2005;
my $month = 9;
my $day = 21;

use Time::Local;
my $time = timelocal(0,0,0,$day,$month - 1,$year);
return $time;
}
Sep 24, 2005, 12:50 AM
Andy
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Re: [Volker] Convert yyyy-mm-dd format into UNIX timestamp... In reply to
Thanks =)
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Bugfix:

Code:
sub {
my $year = 2005;
my $month = 9;
my $day = 21;

use Time::Local;
my $time = timelocal(0,0,0,$day,$month - 1,$year);
return $time;
}

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