HTTP::Date parse_date problem

[Paul Tomlinson]

use HTTP:ate
.....
my ($year, $month, $day, $hour, $min, $sec, $tz) = parse_date(time2str());

why doesn't this work???

It's driving me mad, does this look like valid perl?

 

[Glenn Jackman]

use HTTP:ate
....
my ($year, $month, $day, $hour, $min, $sec, $tz) = parse_date(time2str());

why doesn't this work???

Note how the HTTP:ate documentation says: "Only the first two
functions, time2str() and str2time(), are exported by default."

So:
my (...) = HTTP:ate:arse_date(time2str());

or
use HTTP:ate qw(parse_date time2str);
my (...) = parse_date(time2str());

 

[John J. Trammell]

use HTTP:ate

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Missing semicolons are bad, mmkay?

why doesn't this work???

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

 

[Glenn Jackman]

Note how the HTTP:ate documentation says: "Only the first two
functions, time2str() and str2time(), are exported by default."

use HTTP:ate qw(parse_date time2str);

Upon reflection, this would be preferable:

use HTTP:ate qwDEFAULT parse_date);

 

[John Strauss]

use HTTP:ate
....
my ($year, $month, $day, $hour, $min, $sec, $tz) = parse_date(time2str());

why doesn't this work???

It's driving me mad, does this look like valid perl?

apart from the missing semicolon on the "use HTTP:ate" line,
it looks like valid perl.

otherwise the HTTP:ate docs state that parse_date() is not
exported by default. try HTTP:ate:arse_date instead.

 

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

use HTTP:ate
....
my ($year, $month, $day, $hour, $min, $sec, $tz)
= parse_date(time2str());

why doesn't this work???

Why did you post the question without letting us know which error
message it results in??

When testing it I got:
"Undefined subroutine &main:arse_date called at ..."

So, I checked the documentation... The rest is explained in Mothra's
message.

 

[Mothra]

Hi Paul,

use HTTP:ate
....
my ($year, $month, $day, $hour, $min, $sec, $tz) = parse_date(time2str());

why doesn't this work???

It's driving me mad, does this look like valid perl?

yep! it is valid perl
after checking the docs for this I found

This module provides functions that deal the date formats used by the
HTTP protocol (and then some more). Only the first two functions,
time2str() and str2time(), are exported by default.

So, you need to do something like
use HTTP:ate qw(parse_date time2str);

hope this helps

Mothra

 

[Mothra]

Hi Glenn,

[snipped]

Upon reflection, this would be preferable:

use HTTP:ate qwDEFAULT parse_date);

yep!! Thats better than my answer
Cool

Mothra