You can also use the Date-Calc module
This is a good little quickstart for it:
http://iis1.cps.unizar.es/Oreilly/perl/cookbook/ch03_06.htm
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 19:41:20 -0700, Purl Gurl <purlgurl [at] purlgurl.net>
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>Bob wrote:
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>> Best way to know elapsed time on Windows system.
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>> have $time1 and $time2 and need to know elapsed time between ....
>> $time1 = 10:23:15 AM;
>> $time2 = 10:23:45 AM;
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>Be cautious about using Time High Resolution. Most of the
>features of the Hi Res module are not supported on Win32.
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>Beneath my signature is an easy timing method based on
>system ticks since last boot. Resolution, for typical
>applications, is good to ten milliseconds.
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>This example exemplifies accuracy using a five-hundred
>millisecond pseudo sleep. Results are very consistent.
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>Conversion to seconds, minutes, even hours, requires
>nothing more than simple arithmetic.
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>Usage includes timing code snippets, timing routines,
>timing system calls, virtually anything you want.
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