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From: Mark Imbriaco <mark@********.IP.NET>
Subject: OOPS!
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 19:40:37 -0500
Oops. Heh, I was in such a hurry to get that shadow_date
program out the door, I missed a small error. The corrected
version follows. Sorry for any inconvenience!

+++ Including file: shadow_date

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
#
# Shadow_Date, a perl ShadowTk mailing list helper.
#
# shadow_date was thrown together on October 5, 1994 by Mark Imbriaco.
# You may freely distribute this in any form you like, even if you
# modify it. I don't care. :) <Just send me a copy!>
#
# USAGE: To use this program, simply edit the user options below
# execute it from the command line, and paste the output of
# the execution into your mail message.
#
# Mark Imbriaco <mark@***.ip.net>
#

# ---------------- Begin User editable variables. ----------------

$GMTDIFF = 5; # Number that must be added to your local time to
# get GMT. (In hours, and can be a negative number.)

$FORMAT = 2; # 1 = American Post, 2 = European Post.

$TKNAME = ""; # Name of the ShadowTalk Character you will be
# posting as. (Optional)

# ---------------- End User editable variables. ----------------

require "ctime.pl"; # This program requires the ctime.pl library to
# be on your system. (Standard with perl installation,
# so you shouldn't have a problem here.)

%month_key = (
'Jan', '1', 'Feb', '2', 'Mar', '3', 'Apr', '4', 'May', '5',
'Jun', '6', 'Jul', '7', 'Aug', '8', 'Sep', '9', 'Oct', '10',
'Nov', '11', 'Dec', '12',
);



$_ = &ctime(time);

$_ =~ s+ + 0+;
$_ =~ s+Mon |Tue |Wed |Thu |Fri |Sat |Sun ++;
$_ =~ s+ +:+g;
if (/(...):(..):(..):(..):(..):(....)/) {
$month = $1; $day = $2; $hour = $3; $min = $4; $sec = $5; $year = $6;
}

$hour = $hour + $GMTDIFF;
$year = $year + 61;

if ($FORMAT == "1") {
$month = $month_key{"$month"};
$year =~ s+.{2}++;
print "]<<<<<\n --$TKNAME <
$hour:$min:$day/$month:$day:$year >\n";
} elsif ($FORMAT == "2") {
print "]<<<<<\n --$TKNAME <
$hour:$min:$day/$day-$month-$year >\n";
}

+++ End Included file.

mark

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