#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dump qw/ dd /; my $now = localtime; dd( $now ); my( $weekday, $month, $monthday, $time, $year ) = split ' ', $now; dd( ( $weekday, $month, $monthday, $time, $year ) ); __END__ "Mon Mar 9 20:38:38 2015" ("Mon", "Mar", 9, "20:38:38", 2015)