use Time::Piece; my $t = localtime; print "Date1 is : ",$t->strftime("%d-%b-%Y"),"\n"; print "Date2 is : ",$t->strftime("%d-%m-%Y"),"\n"; print "Time1 is : ",$t->strftime("%H:%M:%S"),"\n"; print "Time2 is : ",$t->strftime("%I:%M:%S %p"),"\n"; __END__ Date1 is : 07-Okt-2017 Date2 is : 07-10-2017 Time1 is : 10:19:42 Time2 is : 10:19:42 # - OR - under the en_US locale: Date1 is : 07-Oct-2017 Date2 is : 07-10-2017 Time1 is : 10:19:42 Time2 is : 10:19:42 AM #### use DateTime; my $dt = DateTime->now(time_zone=>'local'); print "Date1 is : ",$dt->strftime("%d-%b-%Y"),"\n"; print "Date2 is : ",$dt->strftime("%d-%m-%Y"),"\n"; print "Time1 is : ",$dt->strftime("%H:%M:%S %Z"),"\n"; print "Time2 is : ",$dt->strftime("%I:%M:%S %p %Z"),"\n"; __END__ Date1 is : 07-Oct-2017 Date2 is : 07-10-2017 Time1 is : 10:19:42 CEST Time2 is : 10:19:42 AM CEST