[ale] Perl 5 (localtime) - Y2K issue

[oloryn at mindspring.com (Ben Coleman)]

On Thu, 02 Sep 1999 14:40:46 -0400, Russell Enderby wrote:

>I guess the bottom line is if the intention is to get me just the last two digits it
>should be 01.  If it is supposed to give me the full date then 2001.  But 101 seems a
>bit odd.  Maybe I am the only one with this impression.

If you want the full 4-digit date, just add 1900(same as it's always
been).  If you want a 2-digit year, you use '(localtime)[5] % 100'.

Note: this behaviour is inherited from the C localtime function.  It's
not likely to change unless the definition of the C function changes.

Ben
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