Re: [MacPerl] timelocal.pl

[pudge@pobox.com (Chris Nandor)]

At 09.32 10/17/97, Lindsay Davies wrote:
>While there is discussion of Time::Local, I notice that MacPerl doesn't return
>
>                'the number of seconds elapsed between
>                 January 1, 1970, and the specified time'
>
>as it states in the Camel book. I know that the Mac and Unix have different
>epochs, but the camel book rather suggests the result should be pretty
>specific.

The Camel book is wrong, unless it has a parenthetical remark about different epochs on different platforms.  The Mac epoch started Fri Jan  1 00:00:00 1904 (print scalar localtime 0).

>Is this a known issue, and should I just roll my own adjustment to bring
>the MacPerl version in line with Unix?

Well, I don't see a need for an adjustment.  Just don't depend on a # of seconds to get a date.

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