#!/usr/bin/perl -Tw use strict; print "Today: " . hours_in_day (time) . "hours.\n"; print "Sun: " . hours_in_day (time-170000) . "hours.\n"; sub hours_in_day { my $now = 60*60*int( shift()/60/60 ); # Start of this hour my $hour = ( localtime($now) )[2]; $now -= $hour*60*60; # Offset from start of this day $hour = ( localtime($now) )[2]; $hour += 24 unless int($hour/12); return $hour; }