[comp.lang.perl] library time functions

thompson@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Brent Thompson) (09/27/90)

How can I convert date strings into seconds since 1970?  localtime()
converts seconds since 1970 into date strings, but I want to go the
other way.  Does someone already have a library to do this, e.g. a
mktime.pl?  Or is it best to use mktime(3)?

So this brings up a second question:  how to call C library functions
not already perlized?  'makelib sys/time.h' didn't convince perl on my
system that mktime actually exists.
 ---   Brent