Kenneth Jideofor \[ MTN - Ikoyi \] writes:
> Hi,
>
> Given a number of days, it is expected to determine the real date from Jan
> 1, 1970.
> The real date should be in the following format: Year-Month-Day.
>
> How do I implement this task using Perl.
>
> For example, write a Perl script to convert 12016 days to its real date from
> Jan 1, 1970.
My first suggestion would be to install the Date::Calc module and read
the documentation.
Alternatively, a quick and dirty solution is:
perl -MPOSIX=strftime -e "print strftime('%Y-%m-%d', localtime(12016*60*60*24))"
This question sounds a bit like homework. Is it?
HTH
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Brian Raven
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