Date comparison function

[Ming Wei]

Is there a Date module which I can use to compare Date Strings ?

e, g. if I have the following two date strings in different format:

Feb 9 15:00

2004/02/18 21:29:05

How do I convert them into a common format and then compare them to
see which date is more current ?

Thanks

 

[Sunder Chakravaty]

Is there a Date module which I can use to compare Date Strings ?

e, g. if I have the following two date strings in different format:

Feb 9 15:00

2004/02/18 21:29:05

How do I convert them into a common format and then compare them to
see which date is more current ?

Thanks

"perldoc -q date" should help. Here is a snip
if you don't know the precise format of your
dates, then you should probably use either of the
Date::Manip and Date::Calc modules from CPAN
before you go hacking up your own parsing routine
to handle arbitrary date formats.

 

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

"perldoc -q date" should help. Here is a snip
if you don't know the precise format of your
dates, then you should probably use either of the
Date::Manip and Date::Calc modules from CPAN
before you go hacking up your own parsing routine
to handle arbitrary date formats.

I wonder why it doesn't mention Date:arse, which module appears to
be more on the spot.