On Sep 9, 2004, at 2:23 PM, Terry wrote:
I want to be able to take an number which is the # of days since 1/1/70 and convert it into a user-friendly date. Like 12594 for example.
% cat j.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Date::Calc qw( Add_Delta_Days Date_to_Text_Long );
print
Date_to_Text_Long(
Add_Delta_Days(1970, 1, 1, $ARGV[0])
), "\n";
% perl j.pl 12594
Friday, June 25th 2004
HTH,
j