tmpindex.xml

By Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington ISBN 1-56592-243-3 First Edition, published August 1998

<see>date
and time</see>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-313" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>time
zones</primary>
<see>date and time</see>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-314" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>weeks</primary>
<see>date and
time</see>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-315" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary sortas="time">time( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-316" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>localtime( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-317" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>gmtime( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-318" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>date and
time</primary>
<secondary>years</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-319" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>Year 2000 problem</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-321" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>Time::tm
module</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-322" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>date and
time</primary>
<secondary>Time::tm module</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-323" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>Time::localtime
module</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-324" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>Time::gmtime
module</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-325" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>date and
time</primary>
<secondary>Time::localtime</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-326" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>date and time</primary>
<secondary>Time::gmtime
modules</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-327" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>Time::Local
module</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-328" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>date and
time</primary>
<secondary>Time::Local module</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-329" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>timelocal( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-330" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>timegm( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-331" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>date and
time</primary>
<secondary>Date::DateCalc
module</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-332" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>date and
time</primary>
<secondary>Date::Manip module</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-442" file="ch03_02.htm" sect="3.1.1. Problem &#10;&#10;">
<primary>date and time</primary>
<secondary>today&#x2019;s</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-443" file="ch03_02.htm" sect="3.1.1. Problem &#10;&#10;">
<primary>today&#x2019;s date</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-446" file="ch03_03.htm" sect="3.2.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>date and time</primary>
<secondary>converting to/from Epoch seconds</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-447" file="ch03_03.htm" sect="3.2.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>converting</primary>
<secondary>datetime to/from Epoch seconds</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-448" file="ch03_03.htm" sect="3.2.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>Epoch</primary>
<see>date and time</see>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-335" file="ch03_03.htm" sect="3.2.2. Solution ">
<primary>timelocal( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-336" file="ch03_03.htm" sect="3.2.2. Solution ">
<primary>timegm( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-337" file="ch03_03.htm" sect="3.2.2. Solution ">
<primary>Time::Local
module</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-338" file="ch03_03.htm" sect="3.2.2. Solution ">
<primary>date and
time</primary>
<secondary>Time::Local module</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-339" file="ch03_03.htm" sect="3.2.3. Discussion ">
<primary>DMYHMS values</primary>
<see>date and
time</see>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-344" file="ch03_04.htm" sect="3.3.2. Solution ">
<primary>gmtime( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-345" file="ch03_04.htm" sect="3.3.2. Solution ">
<primary>Time::timelocal
module</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-346" file="ch03_04.htm" sect="3.3.2. Solution ">
<primary>Time::gmtime
module</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-347" file="ch03_04.htm" sect="3.3.2. Solution ">
<primary>date and
time</primary>
<secondary>Time::timelocal</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-348" file="ch03_04.htm" sect="3.3.2. Solution ">
<primary>date and
time</primary>
<secondary>Time::gmtime
modules</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-471" file="ch03_05.htm" sect="3.4.1. Problem &#10;">
<primary>date and time</primary>
<secondary>arithmetic with</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-357" file="ch03_05.htm" sect="3.4.2. Solution ">
<primary>date and
time</primary>
<secondary>Date::DateCalc
module</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-358" file="ch03_05.htm" sect="3.4.2. Solution ">
<primary>calc_new_date( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-359" file="ch03_05.htm" sect="3.4.2. Solution ">
<primary>calc_new_date_time( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-363" file="ch03_06.htm" sect="3.5.2. Solution ">
<primary>date and
time</primary>
<secondary>Date::DateCalc
module</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-364" file="ch03_06.htm" sect="3.5.2. Solution ">
<primary>date_time_difference( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-365" file="ch03_06.htm" sect="3.5.2. Solution ">
<primary>date_difference( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-366" file="ch03_06.htm" sect="3.5.3. Discussion ">
<primary>dates_difference( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-484" file="ch03_07.htm" sect="3.6.1. Problem &#10;">
<primary>date and time</primary>
<secondary>days, calculating</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-369" file="ch03_07.htm" sect="3.6.2. Solution ">
<primary>day_of_week( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-370" file="ch03_07.htm" sect="3.6.2. Solution ">
<primary>week_number( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-371" file="ch03_07.htm" sect="3.6.2. Solution ">
<primary>dates_difference( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-372" file="ch03_07.htm" sect="3.6.2. Solution ">
<primary>date and
time</primary>
<secondary>Date::DateCalc
module</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-494" file="ch03_08.htm" sect="3.7.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>parsing</primary>
<secondary>datetime from strings</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-495" file="ch03_08.htm" sect="3.7.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>strings</primary>
<secondary>parsing datetime information in</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-496" file="ch03_08.htm" sect="3.7.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>date and time</primary>
<secondary>parsing information from strings</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-378" file="ch03_08.htm" sect="3.7.2. Solution ">
<primary>ParseDate( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-379" file="ch03_08.htm" sect="3.7.2. Solution ">
<primary>date and time</primary>
<secondary>Date::Manip
module</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-380" file="ch03_08.htm" sect="3.7.2. Solution ">
<primary>UnixDate( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-503" file="ch03_09.htm" sect="3.8.1. Problem &#10;&#10;">
<primary>date and time</primary>
<secondary>printing</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-504" file="ch03_09.htm" sect="3.8.1. Problem &#10;&#10;">
<primary>printing</primary>
<secondary>datetime information</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-384" file="ch03_09.htm" sect="3.8.2. Solution ">
<primary>localtime( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-385" file="ch03_09.htm" sect="3.8.2. Solution ">
<primary>gmtime( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-386" file="ch03_09.htm" sect="3.8.2. Solution ">
<primary>strftime( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-387" file="ch03_09.htm" sect="3.8.3. Discussion ">
<primary>date and time</primary>
<secondary>Date::Manip
module</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-512" file="ch03_10.htm" sect="3.9.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>date and time</primary>
<secondary>high-resolution timers</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-513" file="ch03_10.htm" sect="3.9.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>timers, high-resolution</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-514" file="ch03_10.htm" sect="3.9.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>high-resolution timers</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-515" file="ch03_10.htm" sect="3.9.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>syscall( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-391" file="ch03_10.htm" sect="3.9.2. Solution ">
<primary>date and
time</primary>
<secondary>Time::HiRes module</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-392" file="ch03_10.htm" sect="3.9.2. Solution ">
<primary>Time::HiRes
module</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-522" file="ch03_11.htm" sect="3.10.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>date and time</primary>
<secondary>sleeps</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-523" file="ch03_11.htm" sect="3.10.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>sleeps</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-524" file="ch03_11.htm" sect="3.10.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>select( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-397" file="ch03_12.htm" sect="3.11. Program: hopdelta ">
<primary>hopdelta
program</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm x