On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 11:03:33AM -0500, Yacketta, wrote: > Folks, > > I have an array which contains data as such > > psych|Sun Feb 17 2002|0:35:59|1523882|HLHack|UG-CS Central-Hell's Kitchen > uenlon|Sun Feb 17 2002|3:31:17|127244|HLHack|UG-CS Central-Hell's Kitchen > uenlon|Sun Feb 17 2002|3:31:19|127244|HLHack|UG-CS Central-Hell's Kitchen > juihung|Sun Feb 17 2002|7:4:56|1149357|HLHack|UG-CS Central-Hell's Kitchen > juihung|Sun Feb 17 2002|7:4:57|1149357|HLHack|UG-CS Central-Hell's Kitchen > S02|Sun Feb 17 2002|7:13:18|831398|HLHack|UG-CS Central-Hell's Kitchen > S02|Sun Feb 17 2002|7:13:20|831398|HLHack|UG-CS Central-Hell's Kitchen > > and would like to sort it by the second and third field (the date IE "Sun > Feb 17 2002 7:13:20") > I have tried several different methods including the use of Date::Manip > etc.. > no matter what I do the date is not sorted in descending order > (http://www.sampier.com/busted.php) ---end quoted text---
how-about splitting the fields and converting to an epoch time? you'll need Time::Local $epochtime=timelocal($sec,$min,$hours,$mday,$mon,$year); for the rest use split or a nice regex ;) -- Frank Booth - Consultant Parasol Solutions Limited. (www.parasolsolutions.com) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
