Hi,
Check out the man pages for strftime and and the perldoc pages for
localtime for more detailed info.
For example ....
($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime(time);
$currentDate = POSIX::strftime("%Y%m%d", localtime(time));
Hope this helps
naren
At 10:12 AM 11/2/99 +0000, Martin A. Langhoff wrote:
>hi list,
>
> [sorry for the OT] I'm about to develop a monthly calendar,
>something akin to netscape's scheduler. To start, I'm looking for a
>reliable function to calculate each day of any given month/year.
>
> Or pointers to a usable formula to calculate it.
>
> I don't really mind doing it myself, just trying not to reinvent the
>calendar.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>martin
>
>ps: I know most of you laugh at such a Q. This must be a college
>exercise, but I
>'ve never been into a programming college. Sorry.
>
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