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2.2.1 bug in GT::Date::date_get() ?

Mar 11, 2005, 10:03 AM
Andy
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2.2.1 bug in GT::Date::date_get() ?
Hi guys,

I'm using the following;

Code:
my $today = GT::Date->date_get();

.. but it keeps giving me;

Quote:
today: Thu Jan 01 1970

Anyone got any ideas? :|

TIA

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Mar 12, 2005, 10:07 AM
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Mar 12, 2005, 10:07 AM
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Re: [Andy] 2.2.1 bug in GT::Date::date_get() ? In reply to
Interesting.

In LSQL v2.2.1, the date_get() has this first line:
Code:
my $time = shift || time;
So there is no bug in GT::Date, IMHO. (Version: $Id: Date.pm,v 1.74 2004/03/18 22:36:35 alex Exp $).


Try to use this code:
Code:
my $today = GT::Date->date_get(time);

If this is giving the same result, then:
1) you have wrong date set on your server. Set it.
or
2) your Linux installation is damaged
Try to copy a fresh time binary if anything else doesn't help.

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Mar 12, 2005, 10:11 AM
PAYE
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Mar 12, 2005, 10:11 AM
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Re: [webmaster33] 2.2.1 bug in GT::Date::date_get() ? In reply to
It's not a bug or a damaged installation.

Andy is calling date_get() as a class method, therefore the first argument to date_get is 'GT::Date', hence the code:

my $time = shift || time;

....is setting $time to the string 'GT::Date'. Obviously this is not a valid time and so January 1970 is returned (the beginning of epoch time).

It needs to be called as a function.

my $date = GT::Date::date_get();
Mar 12, 2005, 10:23 AM
webmaster33
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Mar 12, 2005, 10:23 AM
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Re: [PAYE] 2.2.1 bug in GT::Date::date_get() ? In reply to
Ah, Paye, you are absolutely right! Cool

I missed the point that Andy was calling it as method! Angelic
Yes,
my $date = GT::Date::date_get();
should work then.

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