perl date conversion
Hi - I am trying to convert effective date format from 11/20/2014 to 20141120.
I am writing that as a part of my script, and please check the attached script.
When i use the below script and run it seperately it works but when I use it as a part of my script it fails and gives me error message saying "can't use string ("Time::Piece") as an array ref while "Strict refs" in use at c:/Strawberry/perl/lib/Tim
use strict;
use warnings;
use Time::Piece;
my $dt = Time::Piece->strptime('01/
print $dt->strftime('%Y%m%d');
let me know what needs to be modified in my script.
Thanks
TESTSCRIPT.txt
I am writing that as a part of my script, and please check the attached script.
When i use the below script and run it seperately it works but when I use it as a part of my script it fails and gives me error message saying "can't use string ("Time::Piece") as an array ref while "Strict refs" in use at c:/Strawberry/perl/lib/Tim
use strict;
use warnings;
use Time::Piece;
my $dt = Time::Piece->strptime('01/
print $dt->strftime('%Y%m%d');
let me know what needs to be modified in my script.
Thanks
TESTSCRIPT.txt
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You did not remove the ' ' around $effectiveDate
As ozo said, you need to remove the single quotes around the $effectiveDate variable. You are trying to convert the literal string $effectiveDate (which will obviously fail since it is not a date) rather than the value of $effectiveDate.
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"error parsing time at C:/strawberry/perl/lib/tim
my $dt = Time::Piece->strptime('$ef
print $dt->strftime('%Y%m%d');
also tried
my $dt = Time::Piece->strptime('$ef
print $dt->strptime('%Y%m%d');
Thanks