#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use POSIX qw(strftime); my $creationTime = strftime "%F-%R:%S", localtime; my $sqlLog = "C:/Users/thclotworthy/squirrel/logs/squirrel-sql-" . $creationTime . ".log"; my $scriptLog = "C:/Users/thclotworthy/squirrel/logs/squirrel-" . $creationTime . ".log"; print "$sqlLog\n$scriptLog\n"; __END__ prints: C:/Users/thclotworthy/squirrel/logs/squirrel-sql--:23.log C:/Users/thclotworthy/squirrel/logs/squirrel--:23.log