How can I parse this date format that my web service is receiving in JSON format in Perl? I'd like to convert it to a DateTime object:
Date(1216647000000-0400)
I assumed it was milliseconds since the epoch along with a time zone offset but the dates are way off.
From stackoverflow
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The time is listed in milliseconds since the epoch. Divide by 1000 to get epoch seconds.
Make sure this works with other cases you encounter:
use DateTime; my $json_date = 'Date(1216647000000-0400)'; if ($json_date =~ m{ \b (\d+) \b ([+-]\d\d\d\d\b)? }x ) { my ( $epoch_milliseconds, $timezone ) = ( $1, $2 ); my $dt = DateTime->from_epoch( epoch => $epoch_milliseconds / 1000 ); if ($time_zone) { $dt->set_time_zone($time_zone); } print $dt->datetime; }ysth : \b is redundant between \d+ and [+-]. I'd remove the 2nd & 3rd \b and add one at the end.
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