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Perl: how to know if 24hrs have passed?

I have a timestamp field on a mysql table , i want to know if that timestamp is 24hrs old or more. What would be the best way to do that in Perl?

Solution

  • By timestamp I am assuming it's Unix timestamp, i.e. seconds since epoch.

    my $ts       = 1393662619;
my $day_24hr = 24 * 60 * 60;    ## seconds in 24 hrs

my $prev_time = time() - $day_24hr;    ## 24hours ago

if ( $ts < $prev_time ) {
    print "timestamp is 24 hour old";
}