[H-GEN] Seconds since Epoch as ten decimal digits

[Martin Pool]

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On 31 May 2001, Jason Henry Parker <jasonp at uq.net.au> wrote:

> I *knew* I could make that shorter!
> 
> $ perl -le'print~~localtime(10**9)'
> Sun Sep  9 11:46:40 2001

    perl -leprint~~localtime\ 1e9

> I do believe this ends the current round of golf.

3 under par!

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Martin

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