Re: [TCLUG:10014] date calulator

[David Christian <dchristian@macalester.edu>]

On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Brent Metzler wrote:

> 
> 
> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, John J. Trammell wrote:
> 
> > Chris Engstrom (bl155@treewax.com) wrote:
> > 
> > > im looking for a date calculator: ie i have: 27640 seconds ago, what was
> > > the date:time
> > > or in 3400 seconds it will be date:time
> > > or 45 days ago it was date:time.
> > > does anyone know of an application that does this sort of thing?
> > 
> > CPAN's Date::Manip?
> > 
> 
> Does perl have a way of automatically downloading and "installing" perl
> modules, or have I just imagined things?
> 
> -Brent
> 
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Yes, it's a module called CPAN.  You may already have it installed on your
system if you've got a later version.  Try the command 'perl -MCPAN -e
shell' and see if that gives you a cpan> prompt.  From there's it's pretty
simple.

Dave
The man with no sig