perl utctime to string code example

Example: perl set date

# For Perl only

# syntax
use Time::Piece;
Time::Piece->strptime('<Date-time-input>', '<format-of-input>');

# examples (for: 25 May 1994 13:31:18)

# OPTION A
use Time::Piece;
my $date_1 = Time::Piece->strptime('1994-05-25 13:31:18', '%Y-%m-%d %X');
print $date_1 . "\n";

#OPTION B
use Time::Piece;
my $date_2 = Time::Piece->strptime('13:31:18 25/05/1994', '%X %d/%m/%Y');
print $date_2 . "<---\n";

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