;# ctime.pl is a simple Perl emulation for the well known ctime(3C) function. # # This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward # compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it. # # In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl # programming techniques. # # Suggested alternative: the POSIX ctime function ;# ;# Waldemar Kebsch, Federal Republic of Germany, November 1988 ;# kebsch.pad@nixpbe.UUCP ;# Modified March 1990, Feb 1991 to properly handle timezones ;# $RCSfile: ctime.pl,v $$Revision: 4.1 $$Date: 92/08/07 18:23:47 $ ;# Marion Hakanson (hakanson@cse.ogi.edu) ;# Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology ;# ;# usage: ;# ;# #include # see the -P and -I option in perl.man ;# $Date = &ctime(time); CONFIG: { package ctime; @DoW = ('Sun','Mon','Tue','Wed','Thu','Fri','Sat'); @MoY = ('Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun', 'Jul','Aug','Sep','Oct','Nov','Dec'); } sub ctime { package ctime; local($time) = @_; local($[) = 0; local($sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, $wday, $yday, $isdst); # Determine what time zone is in effect. # Use GMT if TZ is defined as null, local time if TZ undefined. # There's no portable way to find the system default timezone. $TZ = defined($ENV{'TZ'}) ? ( $ENV{'TZ'} ? $ENV{'TZ'} : 'GMT' ) : ''; ($sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, $wday, $yday, $isdst) = ($TZ eq 'GMT') ? gmtime($time) : localtime($time); # Hack to deal with 'PST8PDT' format of TZ # Note that this can't deal with all the esoteric forms, but it # does recognize the most common: [:]STDoff[DST[off][,rule]] if($TZ=~/^([^:\d+\-,]{3,})([+-]?\d{1,2}(:\d{1,2}){0,2})([^\d+\-,]{3,})?/){ $TZ = $isdst ? $4 : $1; } $TZ .= ' ' unless $TZ eq ''; $year += 1900; sprintf("%s %s %2d %2d:%02d:%02d %s%4d\n", $DoW[$wday], $MoY[$mon], $mday, $hour, $min, $sec, $TZ, $year); } 1;