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Quoting Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Tom Potts wrote: > >> On Friday 13 February 2009 09:26, Rob Beard wrote: >>> On 13/02/2009 08:32, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I'm sure most of you are aware of this already, but at 11:31:30 >>>> tonight, the datestamp will be 1234567890. >>>> >>>> My geek-factor just went up by one... :o( >> perl -e 'print scalar localtime(1234567890),"\n";' >> mine by two? > > Nah - ye see, I'd deduct 2 points for that. One for copying what was > printed on the various web sites, and one for diving into a progrmaming > language when a standard command (ie. date) will do. I'd deduct three: 1) copy other's work 2) Using a scripting language when date will do the same 3) Using PERL /me dons flameproof trousers and starts running... :oP -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace matthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html