Problem with strftime

[palcrypt]

I have a variable called $filename that stores the location of a file. I'm using this code snippet

$filestats = stat($filename);
$thedate = $filestats->mtime;
$datestr = strftime("%Y-%m-%d",$thedate);

when it gets the the "$datestr = etc..." line I get this error:
"- 255 CGI returned nonzero status
Usage: POSIX::strftime(fmt, sec, min, hour, mday, mon, year, wday = -1, yday = -1, isdst = -1) at /kunden/homepages/15/d94236848/htdocs/cgi-bin/newschecker.cgi line 15.
STDOUT OK STDERR OK"

Can someone please tell me what this means. I know I'm not using the strftime itself in a wrong way because I tested it with the localtime system variable and it works. I think the mtime method formats the date so that strftime can't use it. Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks.

--Paul

 

[PaulTEG]

instead of

$filestats = stat($filename);
$thedate = $filestats->mtime;
$datestr = strftime("%Y-%m-%d",$thedate);

try this

[b]%[/b]filestats = stat($filename);
$thedate = $filestats->mtime;
$datestr = strftime("%Y-%m-%d",$thedate);

I think what you've done is to assign a hash structure to a a scalar variable. and when you try to retrive a hash from a scalar, if it isn't there, it's not coming back...

[had a few, pls forgive][/had a few]
usually, i'd pass an array to the stat function

@info=stat($filename);
$mtime=$info[9];  #if memory serves

HTH
--Paul,

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