File mod date retrieval problem

All,

I'm having a problem getting correct times from the stat () function under
Perl 5.6.1/OpenVMS/AXP 7.1-1H (details appended). I suspect a configuration
problem on the VMS system in question, but am out of places to look. A
quick demo:

$ perl -e "print scalar localtime"
Mon Jun  3 14:25:46 2002
$ create trw.tmp
 Exit
$ perl -e "print scalar localtime ((stat 'trw.tmp')[9])"
Mon Jun  3 15:26:00 2002
$ sho tim
   3-JUN-2002 14:28:13
$ dir/date=mod trw.tmp

Directory SYS$SYSDEVICE:[PERLBUILD]

TRW.TMP;1                  0/0         3-JUN-2002 14:26:00.57

Total of 1 file, 0/0 blocks.
$

As you see, the Perl stat () function appears to be reporting a time an
hour later than the file was actually modified. The time (), localtime (),
and utime () functions appear to function normally. So did stat () until we
went to Daylight Savings time.

I am not the system manager for the system in question, so I can't say for
sure how the time change was done, and more to the point I have no say in
how it is done. What I BELIEVE was done was that a SET TIME was issued,
followed by a modification of SYS$TIMEZONE_DIFFERENTIAL. Later, I came
along and executed @sys$manager:utc$configure_tdf to set its offset to
-4:00. The TZ environment variable is not defined, and defining it appears
not to have any effect on this behaviour.

The Perl being used is built from Craig Berry's kit. Rebuilding from that
kit does not affect the problem, though to tell the truth I had no real
belief that it would.

At this point I'm prone to suspect the time change procedure, but in the
absence of documentation and a co-operating system manager I'm at a loss.
Suggestions appreciated.

Thanks,
Tom Wyant

PS - Selected other information:

$ pipe sho sys|grep uptime
OpenVMS V7.1-1H2  on node mynode   3-JUN-2002 14:42:49.52  Uptime  21 22:25:59
$ ! Note that the system _has_ been rebooted.
$ sho log *time*

<output edited for brevity>

(LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)

  "INTERNET_TIME_SOURCE" = "some.dotted.quad.address"
  "MULTINET_TIMEZONE" = "EST"
  "SYS$LOCALTIME" = "SYS$SYSROOT:[SYS$ZONEINFO.SYSTEM.US]EASTERN."
  "SYS$TIMEZONE_DIFFERENTIAL" = "-14400"

$ perl "-V"
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 1) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=VMS, osvers=V7.1-1H2, archname=VMS_AXP
    uname='VMS spafs2 V7.1-1H2 AlphaServer 4100 5/466 4MB'
    config_args='-"des" -"Dcf_email=system"'
    hint=none, useposix=false, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=undef usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='CC/DECC', ccflags ='/Include=[]/Standard=Relaxed_ANSI/Prefix=All/Obj=.obj/NoList',
    optimize='',
    cppflags='undef'
    ccversion='50690003', gccversion='', gccosandvers='undef'
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='int', lseeksize=4
    alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=N, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='Link', ldflags ='/NoTrace/NoMap'
    libpth=/sys$share /sys$library
    libs=
    perllibs=
    libc=(DECCRTL), so=exe, useshrplib=undef, libperl=undef
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_vms.c, dlext=exe, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=''
    cccdlflags='', lddlflags='/Share'


Characteristics of this PERLSHR image:
  Compile-time options: DEBUGGING
  Built under VMS
  Compiled at Dec 27 2001 19:10:59
  %ENV:
    PERLSHR="PERL_ROOT:[000000]PERLSHR.EXE"
    PERL_ROOT="SYS$SYSDEVICE:[PERL.PERL-5_6_1.]"
  @INC:
    perl_root:[lib.VMS_AXP.5_6_1]
    perl_root:[lib]
    perl_root:[lib.site_perl.VMS_AXP]
    perl_root:[lib.site_perl]
    /perl_root/lib/site_perl
    .
$

• File mod date retrieval problem by Thomas R Wyant_III
• Re: File mod date retrieval problem by Thomas R Wyant_III
• Re: File mod date retrieval problem by Craig A. Berry
• Re: File mod date retrieval problem by Thomas R Wyant_III
• Re: File mod date retrieval problem by Craig A. Berry