[ale] Converting time in perl

[cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Christopher Fowler)]

I guess a simplier thing I'm trying to explain is that I wantto convert
localtime on the device into localtime on the server since all
dates in the database are stored in localtime of the server.

On Sat, 2005-05-07 at 10:59, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> I am receiving time strings in the format like this
> 
> "00:00:00 UTC"
> 
> I could receive timezones like EDT.  What I need to do is convert
> that time into an epoch on my server.  The server will receive that 
> string from the remote device and the server is in Eastern or Central.
> Anywhere in the US.  So I will be converting that UTC time int the exact
> time on the server.  Any ideas on how best to accomplish this?
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
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