$secs = time(); ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime($secs); $year += 1900; @mname = ('Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul' 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'); printf("%2.2d-%3s-%4d", $mday, $mname[$mon], $year);