FAQ 8.15 How do I set the time and date?
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From: PerlFAQ Server on 16 Jun 2010 00:00 This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq8.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at http://faq.perl.org . -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.15: How do I set the time and date? Assuming you're running under sufficient permissions, you should be able to set the system-wide date and time by running the date(1) program. (There is no way to set the time and date on a per-process basis.) This mechanism will work for Unix, MS-DOS, Windows, and NT; the VMS equivalent is "set time". However, if all you want to do is change your time zone, you can probably get away with setting an environment variable: $ENV{TZ} = "MST7MDT"; # Unixish $ENV{'SYS$TIMEZONE_DIFFERENTIAL'}="-5" # vms system "trn comp.lang.perl.misc"; -------------------------------------------------------------------- The perlfaq-workers, a group of volunteers, maintain the perlfaq. They are not necessarily experts in every domain where Perl might show up, so please include as much information as possible and relevant in any corrections. The perlfaq-workers also don't have access to every operating system or platform, so please include relevant details for corrections to examples that do not work on particular platforms. Working code is greatly appreciated. If you'd like to help maintain the perlfaq, see the details in perlfaq.pod. |