Sorting dates

[mustaine737]

hi,

I have a list which contains dates in the format "10-Mar-2006 14:19:06 -0400" or "Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:19:01 -0400".

How can this be sorted? I need to find the oldest date in this list and have it printed.

Thanks!

 

[mikedaruke]

Convert the time to Epoch seconds.

Then sort the Epoch seconds for the smallest one.

Then convert it back and you have your oldest date.

 

[mustaine737]

mikedaruke - Thanks for your reply.

As you've probably guessed, I'm new to Perl. Is timelocal the best module to use here?

Thanks.

 

[mustaine737]

Date:arse did the trick, thanks for your help.