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Old 11-17-07, 14:36
abdul_zu abdul_zu is offline
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How to subtract two date in Perl?

Hi all,

I have two datetime as string in variable how i can subtract to get the different in seconds?


$startdat = "2007-11-17 12:50:22";
$stopdat = "2007-11-17 12:53:22";

$result = $stopdat - $startdat;

But it is not working, can you guys please help to get the differences in sec?
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Old 11-26-07, 19:40
athensy athensy is offline
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You may refer to the following URL:

http://www.unix.org.ua/orelly/perl/cookbook/ch03_06.htm
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