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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 99 01:00:15 -0800
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Perl-Users Digest Sat, 6 Mar 1999 Volume: 8 Number: 5071
Today's topics:
Re: ADO, OLE on WinNT <hensh@math.msu.edu>
FAQ 1.14: Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticis <perlfaq-suggestions@perl.com>
HELP: Is there a way of flushing the print buffer? <joshi@dropzone.tamu.edu>
Is there a way to find out if someone is using proxy se <chaokuo@iname.com>
Re: Newbie question <sing.loon@uq.net.au>
Re: Newbie question <ajam@erols.com>
Re: Perl under Win (CGI!) <arunas@an!m.org>
Re: Printing in Perl (Larry Rosler)
Re: Set @INC Path for Modules within Perl Script (Martin Vorlaender)
Using Templates for CGIs in Perl and other Languages linuxeur@hotmail.com
What Graphical User Interfaces can be used on Win95? <davej@4dvision.net>
Re: What Graphical User Interfaces can be used on Win95 <ebohlman@netcom.com>
Re: Yesterday! (Benjamin Franz)
Special: Digest Administrivia (Last modified: 12 Dec 98 (Perl-Users-Digest Admin)
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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 00:05:12 -0600
From: "Rick Hensh" <hensh@math.msu.edu>
Subject: Re: ADO, OLE on WinNT
Message-Id: <7bqd3q$ief$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu>
I'm not sure why DSN's don't seem to work with SQL server. Try this instead:
Replace #1,#2,#3, and #4 with info specific to your setup. For example, #1
= the path to your SQL server. #1 is NOT a DSN.
====================================================================
$providerStr = "Provider=SQLOLEDB; Data Source=#1; User Id=#2; Password=#3;
Initial Catalog=#4;";
$conn->Open("$providerStr");
====================================================================
regards
ricky
Noel Sant wrote in message <36e028ae.0@145.227.194.253>...
>I have a problem with ADO & OLE, too, but on Win95, and one step further
on.
>My code:
>
> $connection = Win32::OLE->new("ADODB.Connection");
> $connection->Open("DSN=C:\\Chorus.dsn;UID=Noel;PWD=noel") or die
>Win32::OLE::LastError(), "\n";
>
>
>Thanks in anticipation,
>
> Noel Sant
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Date: 6 Mar 1999 00:11:09 -0700
From: Tom Christiansen <perlfaq-suggestions@perl.com>
Subject: FAQ 1.14: Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
Message-Id: <36e0d50d@csnews>
(This excerpt from perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl
($Revision: 1.21 $, $Date: 1999/01/26 09:55:05 $)
part of the standard set of documentation included with every
valid Perl distribution, like the one on your system.
See also http://language.perl.com/newdocs/pod/perlfaq1.html
if your negligent system adminstrator has been remiss in his duties.)
Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
Over a hundred quips by Larry, from postings of his or source
code, can be found at http://www.perl.com/CPAN/misc/lwall-
quotes.txt.gz .
Newer examples can be found by perusing Larry's postings:
http://x1.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=*&DBS=2&ST=PS&defaultOp=AND&LNG=ALL&format=terse&showsort=date&maxhits=100&subjects=&groups=&authors=larry@*wall.org&fromdate=&todate=
--
"That's okay. Anyone whose opinion he cares about already knows that
he doesn't care about their opinion."
--Larry Wall
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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 02:10:44 -0600
From: Sanjay Joshi <joshi@dropzone.tamu.edu>
Subject: HELP: Is there a way of flushing the print buffer?
Message-Id: <Pine.SOL.3.96.990305193930.12596P-100000@dropzone.tamu.edu>
Hi,
In my Perl 5 program, I have several print statements to print
text to screen. My program parses through a lot of text data and so its
possible that the user might feel that the program has crashed as there is
no output to the screen during this time. I propose to output periods
(".") to the screen, while the program is calculating once every 'x' times
the program loops. Periods are printed only if there is a newline
character "\n". I want all the periods to be printed in the same line. Hos
is this done?
Sanjay
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Date: 6 Mar 1999 07:05:25 GMT
From: "Chaku" <chaokuo@iname.com>
Subject: Is there a way to find out if someone is using proxy server? thank you.
Message-Id: <7bqk3l$ruh@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>
Hi!
I am writing a chatroom cgi script and would like to block out some
proxy users who try to screw up my chatroom.
How do i do that? thank you very much.
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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 15:11:31 +1100
From: "liu singloon" <sing.loon@uq.net.au>
Subject: Re: Newbie question
Message-Id: <7bqdpi$j6g$1@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au>
I want to begin to learn perl as well, but just found what you wrote way
over my head.
Anyone know of a nice place to start learning perl.
I eventually want to apply it to use with simple databases and generating
pre-designed html templates with the data for my movie release dates in
Australia, United States.
Cause I plan to expand the release dates to Hong Kong, Canada, UK,
Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand and other places like Sweden. But
maintaining such a big list of release dates from Jan - Dec 1999 is too
much work without databases, perl or something.
Any help or suggestions?
--
George
=====================================
http://georges-place.webjump.com/oscars_99.htm
- 1999 OSCARS - 71st Academy Awards, pictures ...
http://georges-place.webjump.com/
- Australian/US/HK movie release dates
- Movies, Trailers & Info for 1999 , 2000 , 2001
- i.e. The Corruptor, Payback, This Analyse, Cruel Intentions,
Disturbing Behaviour, Matrix, She's All That, The Rage: Carrie 2,
Simply Irresistable, Star Wars Episode 1, 8MM and more ....
http://www.uq.net.au/~zzgliu/index.htm
- Resume - recent graduate - Bachelor of Commerce
http://www.uq.net.au/~zzgliu/computing.htm
- Ultra-portables - Toshiba Protege 3300 & more....
=====================================
ajam wrote in message <36E0A0FC.941CB63C@erols.com>...
>Okay, this is my problem. I'm beginning to learn PERL, and I'm having a
>little problem trying to do the following:
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>$a1=1; $b1=2; @c1=(3, 4, 5);
>
>sub func {
>
>$a2=shift; $b2=shift;
>
>for ($i=0; $i<3; $i++) {$c2[i]=shift;}
>
>print "\$a=", $a2, " \$b=", $b2, " \@c=(", "@c", ")\n";
>
>}
>
>func($a1, $b1, @c1);
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Obviously, the intended output is: "$a=1 $b=2 @c=(3 4 5)"
>
>I'm getting "$a=1 $b=2 @c=( 5)"
>
>Suggestions??? Thanks!
>
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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 01:44:00 -0500
From: ajam <ajam@erols.com>
Subject: Re: Newbie question
Message-Id: <36E0CEB0.52514466@erols.com>
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Although there still no substitute for a good book, my first try with PERL
came as
a result of this site:
http://agora.leeds.ac.uk/Perl/start.html
For more choices go to "www.perl.org."
In particular, the tutorial section:
http://reference.perl.com/query.cgi?tutorials
Regards, ajam
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liu singloon wrote:
> I want to begin to learn perl as well, but just found what you wrote way
> over my head.
>
> Anyone know of a nice place to start learning perl.
>
> I eventually want to apply it to use with simple databases and generating
> pre-designed html templates with the data for my movie release dates in
> Australia, United States.
>
> Cause I plan to expand the release dates to Hong Kong, Canada, UK,
> Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand and other places like Sweden. But
> maintaining such a big list of release dates from Jan - Dec 1999 is too
> much work without databases, perl or something.
>
> Any help or suggestions?
>
> --
> George
> =====================================
> http://georges-place.webjump.com/oscars_99.htm
> - 1999 OSCARS - 71st Academy Awards, pictures ...
>
> http://georges-place.webjump.com/
> - Australian/US/HK movie release dates
> - Movies, Trailers & Info for 1999 , 2000 , 2001
> - i.e. The Corruptor, Payback, This Analyse, Cruel Intentions,
> Disturbing Behaviour, Matrix, She's All That, The Rage: Carrie 2,
> Simply Irresistable, Star Wars Episode 1, 8MM and more ....
>
> http://www.uq.net.au/~zzgliu/index.htm
> - Resume - recent graduate - Bachelor of Commerce
>
> http://www.uq.net.au/~zzgliu/computing.htm
> - Ultra-portables - Toshiba Protege 3300 & more....
> =====================================
> ajam wrote in message <36E0A0FC.941CB63C@erols.com>...
> >Okay, this is my problem. I'm beginning to learn PERL, and I'm having a
> >little problem trying to do the following:
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >$a1=1; $b1=2; @c1=(3, 4, 5);
> >
> >sub func {
> >
> >$a2=shift; $b2=shift;
> >
> >for ($i=0; $i<3; $i++) {$c2[i]=shift;}
> >
> >print "\$a=", $a2, " \$b=", $b2, " \@c=(", "@c", ")\n";
> >
> >}
> >
> >func($a1, $b1, @c1);
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Obviously, the intended output is: "$a=1 $b=2 @c=(3 4 5)"
> >
> >I'm getting "$a=1 $b=2 @c=( 5)"
> >
> >Suggestions??? Thanks!
> >
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<HTML>
Although there still no substitute for a good book, my first try with PERL
came as
<BR>a result of this site:
<P><A HREF="http://agora.leeds.ac.uk/Perl/start.html">http://agora.leeds.ac.uk/Perl/start.html</A>
<P>For more choices go to "www.perl.org."
<BR>In particular, the tutorial section:
<P><A HREF="http://reference.perl.com/query.cgi?tutorials">http://reference.perl.com/query.cgi?tutorials</A>
<P>Regards, ajam
<BR>
<HR WIDTH="100%">
<P>liu singloon wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>I want to begin to learn perl as well, but just found
what you wrote way
<BR>over my head.
<P>Anyone know of a nice place to start learning perl.
<P>I eventually want to apply it to use with simple databases and generating
<BR>pre-designed html templates with the data for my movie release dates
in
<BR>Australia, United States.
<P>Cause I plan to expand the release dates to Hong Kong, Canada, UK,
<BR>Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand and other places like Sweden.
But
<BR>maintaining such a big list of release dates from Jan - Dec 1999
is too
<BR>much work without databases, perl or something.
<P>Any help or suggestions?
<P>--
<BR>George
<BR>=====================================
<BR><A HREF="http://georges-place.webjump.com/oscars_99.htm">http://georges-place.webjump.com/oscars_99.htm</A>
<BR>- 1999 OSCARS - 71st Academy Awards, pictures ...
<P><A HREF="http://georges-place.webjump.com/">http://georges-place.webjump.com/</A>
<BR>- Australian/US/HK movie release dates
<BR>- Movies, Trailers & Info for 1999 , 2000 ,
2001
<BR>- i.e. The Corruptor, Payback, This Analyse, Cruel Intentions,
<BR>Disturbing Behaviour, Matrix, She's All That, The Rage: Carrie 2,
<BR>Simply Irresistable, Star Wars Episode 1, 8MM and more ....
<P><A HREF="http://www.uq.net.au/~zzgliu/index.htm">http://www.uq.net.au/~zzgliu/index.htm</A>
<BR>- Resume - recent graduate - Bachelor of Commerce
<P><A HREF="http://www.uq.net.au/~zzgliu/computing.htm">http://www.uq.net.au/~zzgliu/computing.htm</A>
<BR>- Ultra-portables - Toshiba Protege 3300 & more....
<BR>=====================================
<BR>ajam wrote in message <36E0A0FC.941CB63C@erols.com>...
<BR>>Okay, this is my problem. I'm beginning to learn PERL, and I'm
having a
<BR>>little problem trying to do the following:
<BR>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
<BR>>
<BR>>$a1=1; $b1=2; @c1=(3, 4, 5);
<BR>>
<BR>>sub func {
<BR>>
<BR>>$a2=shift; $b2=shift;
<BR>>
<BR>>for ($i=0; $i<3; $i++) {$c2[i]=shift;}
<BR>>
<BR>>print "\$a=", $a2, " \$b=", $b2, " \@c=(", "@c", ")\n";
<BR>>
<BR>>}
<BR>>
<BR>>func($a1, $b1, @c1);
<BR>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
<BR>>
<BR>>Obviously, the intended output is: "$a=1 $b=2 @c=(3 4 5)"
<BR>>
<BR>>I'm getting "$a=1 $b=2 @c=( 5)"
<BR>>
<BR>>Suggestions??? Thanks!
<BR>></BLOCKQUOTE>
</HTML>
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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 00:27:14 -0700
From: "Arunas Salkauskas" <arunas@an!m.org>
Subject: Re: Perl under Win (CGI!)
Message-Id: <36e0d913.0@news.cadvision.com>
The approach you describe would probably work...assuming that your 'Web
Server' supports CGI and is configured correctly.
It also depends on what the 'value' is that your script outputs. In the
example you give, it should be an image (not to be confused with the _name_
of an image).
best of luck!
- Arunas
--
- Arunas Salkauskas
High Point Designs
www.highpointdesigns.com
equality7-2125 wrote in message <7bpteo$i50$1@glencoe.hw.ac.uk>...
>I am using a Web Server in Windows, and everything is fine (apart from the
>constant GPFs...) but I can't seem to get it right. This is back to the
>basics here so I am trying to eradicate the stupid error that I am most
>likely making.
>
>If I have a Perl program, that returns a value, how do I call it in an HTML
>page.
>
>Say I have my program: thing.pl
>
>and put this in my CGI-BIN folder.
>
>I would need a call in my HTML like:
>
><IMG SRC="http:/..... etc. /cgi-bin/thing.pl>
>
>N'est pas?
>
>Does it have something to do with the fact that I am in Win 98 and have no
>control over chmod? I have Linux, though haven't used it for my Web server
>yet... I will be though after I hand in two big projects (using Word and
>Visual Basic you see) so will it be easier then?
>
>Thanks for reading and helping if you can, any info appreciated!
>
>C.,
>
>ceecsa@cee.hw.ac.uk
>
>
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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 22:56:29 -0800
From: lr@hpl.hp.com (Larry Rosler)
Subject: Re: Printing in Perl
Message-Id: <MPG.114a7171cb9f92109896ff@nntp.hpl.hp.com>
In article <afepb7.jhq.ln@magna.metronet.com> on Fri, 5 Mar 1999
15:23:06 -0500, Tad McClellan <tadmc@metronet.com >says...
> Larry Rosler (lr@hpl.hp.com) wrote:
> : I have never used Perl formatted output, because I never need to print
> : reports of fixed page lengths with headers and footers. [s]printf has
> : met all my needs (primarily to print HTML or to write files).
>
> : Are there any benefits to Perl formats other than what I have noted
> : above?
>
> It gives you word-wrap without using a module.
So does Micro$oft Word, and so does any browser displaying HTML. So I
don't need it from Perl. Nothing more?
> But I never use it either.
I think maybe most of us don't, at least not these days.
--
(Just Another Larry) Rosler
Hewlett-Packard Company
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personl/Larry_Rosler/
lr@hpl.hp.com
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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 04:32:55 +0100
From: martin@RADIOGAGA.HARZ.DE (Martin Vorlaender)
Subject: Re: Set @INC Path for Modules within Perl Script
Message-Id: <36e0a1e7.524144494f47414741@radiogaga.harz.de>
Hon-Chi Ng (honching@synopsys.com) wrote:
[...]
: I don't want to hardcode the path in MyProg1.pl because the users
: receive my programs are on different OS and file system. Since
: MyProg1.pl and MyLib1.pm are always in the same directory (thru tar), so
: I tried the following, but it didn't work.
:
: In MyProg1.pl
: #! /usr/local/bin/perl
: ..
: my ($prog_dir) = $0 =~ m|^(.*/)?[^/]+$|;
: use lib "$prog_dir";
: use MyLib1;
: use MyLib2;
: ...
:
: It returned the error "Can't locate MyLib1.pm in @INC", which I believe
: has something to do with Perl compile-time and run-time issues, although
: I don't fully understand. :^)
It really is easy: "use" statements are evaluated at compile-time, while
the assignment is executed at run-time. To force the assignment to take
place at compile-time, execute it in a BEGIN block:
BEGIN {
my ($prog_dir) = $0 =~ m|^(.*/)?[^/]+$|;
use lib "$prog_dir";
}
use MyLib1;
use MyLib2;
IMHO, a better solution than the above regexp is the module FindBin,
which is part of the standard perl distribution (and which is mentioned
in lib.pod):
use FindBin;
use lib $FindBin::Bin;
use MyLib1;
use MyLib2;
cu,
Martin
--
| Martin Vorlaender | VMS & WNT programmer
VMS is today what | work: mv@pdv-systeme.de
Microsoft wants | http://www.pdv-systeme.de/users/martinv/
Windows NT 8.0 to be! | home: martin@radiogaga.harz.de
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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 07:32:12 GMT
From: linuxeur@hotmail.com
Subject: Using Templates for CGIs in Perl and other Languages
Message-Id: <7bqllt$ai6$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
Hello CGI developers,
Introduced is the ATP Template Toolkit, the best template tool/library for web
application development, because it
1. supports virtually all the web platforms and languages,
2. provides the ultimate flexibility in rendering dynamic content,
3. defines a simple, intuitive template syntax and a series of nifty features
that are designed for web application development,
4. uses exactly the same template syntax for various programming languages,
5. uses a consistent programming model that is easy to learn and optimal for
performance,
6. has extensive documentation, tutorial with on-line demos, and
7. last but not least -- it works!
For Perl CGI applications, it has an ATP Perl Preprocessor that turns the
template into a Perl script. The Perl code necessary to handle the dynamic
content is written at the end of template following a special tag.
For C/C++ CGI applications, it has an C/C++ Preprocessor. This preprocessor
can take multiple templates and generate multiple source code files to be
used in a project.
Both tools are pure Java non-GUI applications, they run on any development
platforms.
To learn more, come visit
* ATP home:
http://www.winwinsoft.com/atp/
* ATP usage diagram:
http://www.winwinsoft.com/atp/API_users_guide.html#usages
* Tutorial with on-line demos:
http://www.winwinsoft.com/atp/tutorial.html
* Writing ATP templates:
http://www.winwinsoft.com/atp/API_users_guide.html#writing
* Programming CGI/Perl with ATP:
http://www.winwinsoft.com/atp/PerlPP_users_guide.html
* Programming CGI/C/C++ with ATP (preprocessing):
http://www.winwinsoft.com/atp/CPP_users_guide.html
* Programming Java Servlets with ATP:
http://www.winwinsoft.com/atp/API_users_guide.html
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask contact@winwinsoft.com.
Thanks,
James Huang
Architect of ATP Template Toolkit
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Date: 6 Mar 1999 05:52:39 GMT
From: "David" <davej@4dvision.net>
Subject: What Graphical User Interfaces can be used on Win95?
Message-Id: <01be6795$7b3aed40$9b1be3cc@dialup.sni.net>
I've written quite a few Perl programs and run them from a DOS window.
But, other then resorting to VC++ for a front-end interface, what else can
I use.
Right now I would be happy to do a Curses app from a DOS Window, but
eventually I would like to be able to plot data in a 3D graphical format
along with text.
I have much more experience running code in UNIX environment, but obviously
Win95 is quite different.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks.
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 08:52:55 GMT
From: Eric Bohlman <ebohlman@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: What Graphical User Interfaces can be used on Win95?
Message-Id: <ebohlmanF860o7.9Hp@netcom.com>
David <davej@4dvision.net> wrote:
: I've written quite a few Perl programs and run them from a DOS window.
: But, other then resorting to VC++ for a front-end interface, what else can
: I use.
: Right now I would be happy to do a Curses app from a DOS Window, but
: eventually I would like to be able to plot data in a 3D graphical format
: along with text.
Sounds like you ought to check out the Tk toolkit, which has been ported
to Perl. You can used it to create nice GUI interfaces that work
cross-platform. If you're using ActiveState's port of perl, you can get
Tk binaries for it from ActiveState's site. There's also a newsgroup:
comp.lang.perl.tk. Nancy Walsh has written an O'Reilly book on Perl/Tk;
go to <URL:http::/perl.ora.com> for more details.
: I have much more experience running code in UNIX environment, but obviously
: Win95 is quite different.
One of the nice things about Tk and similar windowing toolkits is that
they hide most of the differences from you.
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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 05:52:09 GMT
From: snowhare@long-lake.nihongo.org (Benjamin Franz)
Subject: Re: Yesterday!
Message-Id: <do3E2.244$y_2.2545@typhoon01.swbell.net>
In article <7bqca6$8p9$2@client2.news.psi.net>,
Abigail <abigail@fnx.com> wrote:
>M.J.T. Guy (mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk) wrote on MMXII September MCMXCIII in
><URL:news:7bp3i1$8l9$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk>:
>== Benjamin Franz <snowhare@long-lake.nihongo.org> wrote:
>== >>my ($d, $m, $y) - (localtime(time - 24*60*60))[3 .. 5];
>== >>
>== >>my $yesterday = sprintf("%02d%02d%4d", $d, $m+1, $y+1900);
>== >
>== >There really should be a FAQ entry on why that is a _bad idea_.
>== >Days are NOT always exactly 24*60*60 seconds long and depending
>== >on it is unwise: POSIX to the contrary, many boxes do account
>== >for leap seconds.
>==
>== Why do people keep repeating this FUD? I know of no platform where
>== time() includes leap seconds. It would be quite difficult to
>== implement.
>==
>== >for leap seconds. 'localtime' can also can get tangled with
>== >daylight savings shifts.
>==
>== Now there you have the real reason why days differ in length.
>
>
>But do you know of a place where the *date* doesn't differ by
>exactly one day when you go back 24*60*60 seconds, due to
>daylight savings time?
Many. Anywhere where daylight savings kicks forward an hour
will have a 23 hour day on that day. So from midnight to 1am
the *next* day, subtracting 24*60*60 seconds will put you *two*
days back on the calendar.
This is easy to see by counting 1 hour intervals:
day 1: 23:00 - 0
day 2: 01:00 - 1
day 2: 02:00 - 2
day 2: 03:00 - 3
day 2: 04:00 - 4
day 2: 05:00 - 5
day 2: 06:00 - 6
day 2: 07:00 - 7
day 2: 08:00 - 8
day 2: 09:00 - 9
day 2: 10:00 - 10
day 2: 11:00 - 11
day 2: 12:00 - 12
day 2: 13:00 - 13
day 2: 14:00 - 14
day 2: 15:00 - 15
day 2: 16:00 - 16
day 2: 17:00 - 17
day 2: 18:00 - 18
day 2: 19:00 - 19
day 2: 20:00 - 20
day 2: 21:00 - 21
day 2: 22:00 - 22
day 2: 23:00 - 23
day 3: 00:00 - 24
Twenty four hours before 00:00 on day 3 is 23:00 on
calendar day 1.
The opposite effect happens when going off daylight savings
- 24 hours before 23:00 to 00:00 on that day is 00:00 to
01:00 the *same* day because the day is 25 hours long.
This will happen in any country that observes daylight savings.
--
Benjamin Franz
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From: Perl-Request@ruby.oce.orst.edu (Perl-Users-Digest Admin)
Subject: Special: Digest Administrivia (Last modified: 12 Dec 98)
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Administrivia:
Well, after 6 months, here's the answer to the quiz: what do we do about
comp.lang.perl.moderated. Answer: nothing.
]From: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
]Date: 21 Sep 1998 19:53:43 -0700
]Subject: comp.lang.perl.moderated available via e-mail
]
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