How to pass the output of a function to the URL parameter of web_url function

[naveen06]

Hi Friends,

I am facing an issue with passing the function returned value to a "URL=" parameter of web_url function.

I need to pass the output of date.gettime() method in the URL.for this I am using time_t function to return the value.

ex: web_url("abc.js",
"URL=https://www.abc.com/agent/1289226282/xxx"...);

In this how I can replace 1289226282 with the output of time_t funtion.

Thanks,
Naveen

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Naveen:

You might use Perl. For example:

# X="URL=https://www.abc.com/agent/1289226282/xxx"

# echo ${X}|perl -MPOSIX -ple 's{\b(\d+)\b}{strftime "%m%d%Y_%H%M%S",localtime($1)}e'
URL=https://www.abc.com/agent/11082010_092442/xxx

Regards!

...JRF...

[naveen06]

Hi James,

Thanks for the solution. Here the getTime() method returns the number of milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970 to the specified date. Do you have any methods to calculate this and replace it in "URL=" parameter of web_url funtion.

Thanks
Naveen

[James R. Ferguson]

HI (again) Naveen:

> Here the getTime() method returns the number of milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970 to the specified date. Do you have any methods to calculate this and replace it in "URL=" parameter of web_url funtion.

So it appears that this is Javascript. A Google search for "javascript strftime" yields many hits, among them:

http://hacks.bluesmoon.info/strftime/index.html#intro_sec

Regards!

...JRF...

[Steven Schweda]

> So it appears that this is Javascript. [...]

Thanks for that. I had been wondering.
(Count on the HP-UX forum for the most
context-free questions, I always say.)