Perl Requires Chilkat v10.0.0+

Unzip Files in a Date Range

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Demonstrates how to use the Zip.MinDate and Zip.MaxDate properties to unzip only those files with a last-modified date within a date range. Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

my $zip = Chilkat2::Zip->new;

my $success = $zip->OpenZip('qa_data/zips/sample.zip');
if (!$success) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# The MinDate and MaxDate properties use the timestamp date/time string format.
# Here are some examples:
# YYYY-MM-DD (e.g., 2024-07-31)
# YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS�HH:MM (e.g., 2024-07-31T12:34:56+02:00)
# 2024-07-31T12:34:56Z (the "Z" denotes Zulu time, or UTC)

# Only unzip files having a last-modified date greater than 1-Jan-2017
$zip->MinDate('2017-01-01T00:00:00Z');

# Also, only unzip files having a last-modified date less than the end of 2020
$zip->MaxDate('2020-12-31T23:59:59Z');

# You don't need to specify both MinDate and MaxDate.
# You can specify only one or the other if needed.

# The MinDate/MaxDate properties apply to all of the Chilkat methods for unzipping.

my $numUnzipped = $zip->Unzip('c:/temp/unzipDir');
if ($numUnzipped < 0) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

$zip->CloseZip();