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Perl

DateTime - Get as Unix Time String

Demonstrates the GetAsUnixTimeStr method.

Note: This example is only valid in Chilkat v9.5.0.65 or later.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$dateTime = chilkat::CkDateTime->new();

$dateTime->SetFromCurrentSystemTime();

# (in seconds since the epoch: 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970)
$bLocal = 1;
print "Unix time: " . $dateTime->getAsUnixTimeStr($bLocal) . "\r\n";

# Sample output for test run on 2-Dec-2016: 

#     Unix time: 1480661608