sub create_date { my ($sec, $min, $hour, $wday, $month, $year, $yday, $something) = localtime(time()); $curyear = $year + 1900; $today = join "/",$wday,$month + 1,$curyear; $daysofyear = $year * 365; $daysthisyear = $yday; $daystonow = $daysofyear + $daysthisyear; }