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Re: Obtaining The Exact Time

by Russ (Deacon)
on Oct 08, 2002 at 00:08 UTC ( [id://203534]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Obtaining The Exact Time

If you want a unique filename, combine the timestamp with the process ID of the fork handling the connection...

Your question asks how to get the exact time, but I would be more worried about a guaranteed unique value.

Russ
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P.S. Look at POSIX::strftime. I think 

my $Now = strftime('%Y%m%d', localtime)

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is much prettier to use than 
($sec, $min, ...) = (localtime())[0..5];
$Now = sprintf('%4d%2d%2d', $sec, $min...);

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Re: Re: Obtaining The Exact Time
by sauoq (Abbot) on Oct 08, 2002 at 00:24 UTC

    I agree that he should be more concerned with a unique value.

    However, he didn't say that he was forking and, even if he is, he may well be handling some setup prior to the fork.

    -sauoq
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