Re: [MacPerl] How do I find the day of the week from a given date(NOT today)

["Lars G. Skjellerup" <stenone@silkeborg.bib.dk>]

Chris Nandor wrote:
> 
> I would do:
> 
>   #!perl -w
>   use Date::Parse;
>   print ( (localtime( str2time('15 Mar 1999') ))[6]);
> 
> Or for more clarity:
> 
>   #!perl -w
>   use Date::Parse;
>   use Time::localtime;
>   print localtime(str2time('15 Mar 1999'))->wday;
> 
> Date::Parse is on CPAN.

Thanks - just what the doctor ordered (:-)



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