($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year) = localtime(time); $mon = (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12)[$mon]; if($mon < 10){$mon = "0" . $mon;} # add a leading zero to +one-digit months if($mday < 10){$mday = "0" . $mday;} # add a leading zero to one-di +git days if($hour < 10){$hour = "0" . $hour;} # add a leading zero to one-di +git hours if($min < 10){$min = "0" . $min;} # add a leading zero to +one-digit minutes if($sec < 10){$sec = "0" . $sec;} # add a leading zero to + one-digit seconds $dirname = substr($year,1,3) . $mon . $mday . $hour . $min . $sec; #### my @time = localtime(); $time[4]++; # convert from 0 based index to 1 based index $time[5]-=100; # 2digits=subtract 100 or 4digits=add 1900 $time[$_] = $time[$_]<10? "0".$time[$_]:$time[$_] for (0..5); $dirname = $time[5].$time[4].$time[3].$time[2].$time[1].$time[0];