comment on

GMT is the storage solution, not the output format. Store all the times in UTC/GMT, and when you actually need to print them out, then use TZ-aware tools and use the localtime features. From one of my scripts, I have:

use POSIX qw(LC_TIME);

$ENV{'TZ'} = "GMT-1";
$locale = "gb_UK";
POSIX::setlocale(LC_TIME,$locale);

my $todaysdate = POSIX::strftime("%a %b %d %H:%M",localtime());
[download]

For the machines in the UK, that changes between -1 and -0 for summer and not, and the machines in germany, that changes between -2 and -1 for summer and winter, and locale is de_DE. Calling localtime() will then view the time as it should be in your locale.

the hatter

In reply to Re^4: Timezone antidote by hatter
in thread Timezone antidote by Andre_br

Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
<code> <a> <b> <big> <blockquote> <br /> <dd> <dl> <dt> <em> <font> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <hr /> <i> <li> <nbsp> <ol> <p> <small> <strike> <strong> <sub> <sup> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <tt> <u> <ul>
Snippets of code should be wrapped in <code> tags not <pre> tags. In fact, <pre> tags should generally be avoided. If they must be used, extreme care should be taken to ensure that their contents do not have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor intervention).
Want more info? How to link or How to display code and escape characters are good places to start.


Just another Perl shrine
	PerlMonks