#!/usr/bin/perl
use DateTime::Format::Strptime;
my $parser = new DateTime::Format::Strptime(pattern => '%d-%b-%Y %H:%M %Z',
on_error => 'croak');
my $dt = $parser->parse_datetime("30-Oct-2005 01:04 America/Los_Angeles");
__END__
$ perl test.pl
I don't recognise the timezone America. at test.pl line 6
Seems to be a problem specifically with Strptime because your example worked
for me. I guess Strptime doesn't know about the same TZs as DateTime.
On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 14:09:14 -0800, Hill, Ronald wrote
> Hi Jason,
>
> Jason Bodnar wrote:
> > DateTime complains that PST is ambiguous so I tried replacing PST with
> > 'US/Pacific', 'America/Los_Angeles' and 'PST8PDT' but DateTime says
> > it doesn't recognise [sic] any of those. So what timezone label will
> > DateTime accept for Pacific Standard Time?
>
> Odd, America/Los_Angeles should work.
>
> use strict;
> use warnings;
> use DateTime;
>
> my $dt = DateTime->now( time_zone => 'America/Los_Angeles');
>
> print $dt;
>
> prints 2005-11-04T14:04:52
>
> You may want to include a small test script
> which demonstrates the error.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Ron Hill
--
Jason Bodnar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.shakabuku.org
UnWired Buyer. The best way to win on eBay. Period.
http://www.unwiredbuyer.com
