Hey Jame!

 JC> the localtime function itself returns it as a zero based integer

You're right.  I never noticed that before.  Everything I have ever used
relating to dating has months numbered from 1 to 12.  Mind you I haven't
used Perl all that much and when I have it looked more like a shell
script.  Live and learn eh?

 JC> a zero based index is just as valid as a 1 based index

I'll have to take your word on that.  Everything I have ever used up to
this point in time has been 1 based relating to months.  I'll have to
check (again) if Posix time in Perl behaves like localtime.  According
to the DateTime module;

  $month  = $dt->month;          # 1-12

so it appears that the posix modules in Perl follow the 1 based index
which explains why I was under the impression it was a universal
standard given that the DateTime module uses 'time' which is a Perl
posix function (number of seconds since the epoch) and resembles
coreutils' date which is what I am most familiar with. 

 JC> If you or anyone else do find such issues, please comment on it,
 JC> preferably in the PERL echo

:-)

Turns out that I was wrong.  I think I'll stick with bash scripting.

Life is good,
Maurice

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