This code finds the difference between today and a fixed date.
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
use DateTime ();
use DateTime::Duration ();
use DateTime::Format::Strptime ();
my $date = "23/05-2022";
my $parser = DateTime::Format::Strptime->new(
pattern => '%d/%m-%Y',
time_zone => 'local',
);
$date = $parser->parse_datetime($date);
my $today = DateTime->today(time_zone=>'local');
my $d = DateTime::Duration->new($today - $date);
print Dumper $d->delta_days;
The problem is that is only outputs -22 days.
If I do print Dumper $d; I can see the -130 months as well.
$VAR1 = bless( {
'seconds' => 0,
'minutes' => 0,
'end_of_month' => 'preserve',
'nanoseconds' => 0,
'days' => -22,
'months' => -130
}, 'DateTime::Duration' );
How do I get it to output the result in days?
Doing
print Dumper $d->delta_days + $d->delta_months*30;
doesn't seam like an elegant solution.