timeConvert

Name

timeConvert -- Converts time value.

Synopsis

$err = $mod->timeConvert($data);

Description

This function converts a string in the form of "2 days, 5 hours, 6 minutes" into an integer (suitable for use for the Uptime, and equivalent, modules). Available suffixes are:

Returns

Returns a string representation of the given data (or -1 if an error occurred). In case of error, the program will croak() with an appriopriate message.