manipulating_date_strings
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$filename = "201010211800_a.png"; $mtime = (stat $filename)[9]; chomp($mtime); $mtime_date = `/bin/date --date='Jan 1, 1970 00:00:00 +0000 + $mtime seconds' '+%A, %d %B %Y %H:%M:%S %Z'`; Output is: Thursday, 21 October 2010 22:21:49 UTC
Querying a specific timezone to determine DST:
[cjuckins@lnxopc2: ~]$ zdump America/New_York America/New_York Tue May 3 13:41:20 2011 EDT [cjuckins@lnxopc2: ~]$ zdump America/Los_Angeles America/Los_Angeles Tue May 3 10:41:52 2011 PDT
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