RE: Scalar Localtime

2001-12-16 Thread Peter Cornelius
I do like UNIX. I was just wondering what type of program would you write to use that type of UNIX format? Mike "Jonathan e. paton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > I have a question. Why is it that I have to u

Re: Scalar Localtime

2001-12-15 Thread Jonathan E. Paton
> I have a question. Why is it that I have to use 'scalar > localtime' to view a datetime in the proper format. > Why would I want to use the weird UNIX format that I > can't read? You don't, but Perl isn't stupid enough to impliement several dozen ways

Re: Scalar Localtime

2001-12-15 Thread Michael R. Wolf
"Michael Pratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a question. Why is it that I have to use Scalar localtime to view a > datetime in the proper format. why would I want to use the weird UNIX format > that I cant read? If you want to manipulate the parts separately:

Re: Scalar Localtime

2001-12-15 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Dec 15, Michael Pratt said: >I have a question. Why is it that I have to use Scalar localtime to view a >datetime in the proper format. why would I want to use the weird UNIX format >that I cant read? time() returns the number of seconds since 1970 -- I certainly can't divi

Scalar Localtime

2001-12-15 Thread Michael Pratt
I have a question. Why is it that I have to use Scalar localtime to view a datetime in the proper format. why would I want to use the weird UNIX format that I cant read? Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Scalar Localtime

2001-12-15 Thread Michael Pratt
I do like UNIX. I was just wondering what type of program would you write to use that type of UNIX format? Mike "Jonathan e. paton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > I have a question. Why is it that I have to