Re: Module To Parse Format 'Friday, March 13, 2009 04:20 PM EST'

Metz, Bobby wrote:
> Jim,
> 	You don't need to write your own module to handle these.  Just use the DateTime::Format::Strptime module.  Modify the parser example below with a pattern to suit your own format.  $dt will hold your new datetime object with the values parsed from your string format.
> 
> my $parser = DateTime::Format::Strptime->new(pattern => '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y');
> my $dt = $parser->parse_datetime($val);
> 
> See the CPAN page for all of the pattern options:
> 
> http://search.cpan.org/~rickm/DateTime-Format-Strptime-1.0900/lib/DateTime/Format/Strptime.pm

Strptime is the 'easy' answer but isn't quite correct.

Here's the example again:
	Friday, March 13, 2009 04:20 PM EST

%a = Friday,
%b = March,
%d = 13,
%Y = 2009,
%I = 04,
%M = 20,
%p = pm,
%Z = EST,

So we have the pattern: "%a, %b %d, %Y %I:%M %p %Z"

HOWEVER: 'EST' is ambiguous so it won't work. Are you always in the same 
  time zone? If so, use the pattern "%a, %b %d, %Y %I:%M %p EST" and set 
the time zone explicitly.

Cheers!
Rick Measham

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