How to convert a date to Unix time

[Francesco Moi]

Hello.

I want to convert a date (e.g. '20 january 2001') to Unix
time.

Is there any function, or must I create my own one?

Thank you very much.

 

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

I want to convert a date (e.g. '20 january 2001') to Unix
time.

Is there any function, or must I create my own one?

There is a module:

use Date:arse;
my $date = '20 january 2001';
my $unixtime = localtime str2time($date);