10-08-2008
You need to chomp the output from backticks; it contains a trailing newline.
Beyond that, if it still doesn't work, it would be most helpful if you could say how it doesn't work.
(In the die message you should probably include the name of the file and the value of $!. -- this improves troubleshooting tremendously.)
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mojo::date
Mojo::Date(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mojo::Date(3pm)
NAME
Mojo::Date - HTTP 1.1 date container
SYNOPSIS
use Mojo::Date;
my $date = Mojo::Date->new(784111777);
my $http_date = $date->to_string;
$date->parse('Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT');
my $epoch = $date->epoch;
DESCRIPTION
Mojo::Date implements HTTP 1.1 date and time functions according to RFC 2616.
Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 822, updated by RFC 1123
Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 850, obsoleted by RFC 1036
Sun Nov 6 08:49:37 1994 ; ANSI C's asctime() format
ATTRIBUTES
Mojo::Date implements the following attributes.
"epoch"
my $epoch = $date->epoch;
$date = $date->epoch(784111777);
Epoch seconds.
METHODS
Mojo::Date inherits all methods from Mojo::Base and implements the following new ones.
"new"
my $date = Mojo::Date->new;
my $date = Mojo::Date->new($string);
Construct a new Mojo::Date object.
"parse"
$date = $date->parse('Sun Nov 6 08:49:37 1994');
Parse date in one of the following formats.
- Epoch format(784111777)
- RFC 822/1123 (Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT)
- RFC 850/1036 (Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT)
- ANSI C asctime() (Sun Nov 6 08:49:37 1994)
"to_string"
my $string = $date->to_string;
Render date suitable for HTTP 1.1 messages.
SEE ALSO
Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, <http://mojolicio.us>.
perl v5.14.2 2012-09-05 Mojo::Date(3pm)