Re: How to get the time_t value from a Wx::DateTime

On 12/31/2014 18:55, James Lynes wrote:
 > Have you looked at Wx::DateTime::Now()?
 >
 > I looked in WxDemo and found:
 >
 >      my $date = Wx::DateTime::Now();
 >      $date->FormatDate()
 >      $date->FormatTime()
 >
 > There are a lot of accessor methods listed in the wxWidgets docs.

Again, I have looked in the docs. Repeatedly. However, I might have 
missed something in my frustration, so please do point out where there 
is a GetTimeT() or equivalent. :)

There's a GetTicks() in the docs, but according to:

 
https://metacpan.org/source/MDOOTSON/Wx-0.9922/ext/datetime/XS/DateTime.xsp

it's not in the code anywhere that Perl can access it. Also according to:

   http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.wxperl.users/2013/06/msg9037.htm

...the API has changed from 2.8 to 2.9 and no one has made all the 2.9 
methods work for the perl version of this object.

To make matters a bit worse, each time you GetValue() from a 
DatePickerCtrl or TimePickerCtrl, it appears it gives you a brand new 
Wx::DateTime object. So as far as I can tell, you have to do this:

   use Wx::DateTime:
   use Date::Parse;
   ...
   my $dt = $some_date_widget->GetValue();
   my $time_t_value = str2time($dt->FormatDate() . " " . $dt->FormatTime());

to get the time_t value you want. One now trusts in both Wx::DateTime 
and Date::Parse to make sure there's no funny timezone business messing 
with the value you want.

Please correct me if I'm missing something here. Thanks.
-- 
Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - [email protected]
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