This code will find the latest tide info before current time. Disclaimer: I cannot test the code as some missing modules resist installation on my box now.
my $last_time = 0;
my $current_tide = "We have a problem!";
foreach my $tides (@{$data->{data}->{item}}) {
my $format_date = "$tides->{date} $tides->{time}";
my $date_to_seconds = str2time($format_date);
if( $date_to_seconds > $last_time and $date_to_seconds < $now_in_s
+econds ) {
$tides->{highlow} =~ s/L/Low/;
$tides->{highlow} =~ s/H/High/;
$current_tide = " Test: ".$tides->{highlow}." Tide at: ".$tides->{
+time};
$last_time = $date_to_seconds;
}
}
print "$current_tide\n";