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]

Re: Date comparison function

weiming_168@yah oo.com (Ming Wei) wrote in message news:<e2a19db7. 0402271514.2273 32ea@posting.go ogle.com>...[color=blue]
> 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[/color]
"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]

Re: Date comparison function

Sunder Chakravaty wrote:[color=blue]
> Ming Wei wrote:[color=green]
>> 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 ?[/color]
>
> "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.[/color]

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

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