Perl localtime strange behavior

[Teknopath]

Any help would be appreciated...

I do the following in my code:

$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Time'} = localtime;
if ($bufferLength >= $inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Max'})
{
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Max'} = $bufferLength;
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'MaxTime'} =
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Time'};
}


I would expect $inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Time'} and
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'MaxTime'} to have the same value, but in
actuality, $inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'MaxTime'} is showing 10 seconds
earlier. How could this be happening?


:meb:

 

[Tony Curtis]

On 5 Nov 2003 07:37:36 -0800,

Any help would be appreciated... I do the following in my
code:

$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Time'} = localtime; if
($bufferLength >= $inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Max'}) {
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Max'} = $bufferLength;
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'MaxTime'} =
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Time'};
}

I would expect $inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Time'} and
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'MaxTime'} to have the same
value, but in actuality,
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'MaxTime'} is showing 10 seconds
earlier. How could this be happening?

With the code you show, suitable setup values for the
variables in question to trigger the "if", and caeteris
paribus, both of them (of course) have the same value.

This presumably isn't the whole of your program. I suspect
you have another assignment occurring somewhere, or the "if"
condition is false.

hth
t

 

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Time'} = localtime;
if ($bufferLength >= $inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Max'})
{
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Max'} = $bufferLength;
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'MaxTime'} =
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Time'};
}

I would expect $inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Time'} and
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'MaxTime'} to have the same value, but
in actuality, $inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'MaxTime'} is showing 10
seconds earlier. How could this be happening?

How on earth do you think that anybody here would be able to tell
out from the above info?

 

[Chris Mattern]

Any help would be appreciated...

I do the following in my code:

$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Time'} = localtime;
if ($bufferLength >= $inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Max'})
{
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Max'} = $bufferLength;
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'MaxTime'} =
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Time'};
}


I would expect $inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Time'} and
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'MaxTime'} to have the same value, but in
actuality, $inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'MaxTime'} is showing 10 seconds
earlier. How could this be happening?

It is happening because $bufferLength is less than
$inputQueueCounts{$queueN}{'Max'}.

Chris Mattern