[ale] Converting time in perl

[Christopher Fowler]

Here is my idea.

1.  Convert the UTC date to epoch
2.  Subract the gmtoff from that value
3.  Now I have a value that is an epoch in localtime.


On Sat, 2005-05-07 at 11:16, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> I guess a simplier thing I'm trying to explain is that I wantto convert
> localtime on the device into localtime on the server since all
> dates in the database are stored in localtime of the server.
> 
> On Sat, 2005-05-07 at 10:59, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > I am receiving time strings in the format like this
> > 
> > "00:00:00 UTC"
> > 
> > I could receive timezones like EDT.  What I need to do is convert
> > that time into an epoch on my server.  The server will receive that 
> > string from the remote device and the server is in Eastern or Central.
> > Anywhere in the US.  So I will be converting that UTC time int the exact
> > time on the server.  Any ideas on how best to accomplish this?
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
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