$scalar = localtime();
print($scalar, "\n");
# "Mon Aug 23 11:31:16 2004"

@array = localtime();
$scalar = @array;
print($scalar, ':', join(',', @array), "\n");
# 9:16,31,11,23,7,104,1,235,1

@array = scalar(localtime());
$scalar = @array;
print($scalar, ':', join(',', @array), "\n");
# 1:Mon Aug 23 11:34:30 2004