$formatted_date = now_date() ; sub now_date { my @now = localtime ; my $now_day = $now[3] ; my $now_year = $now[5] + 1900 ; my $now_month = $now[4] + 1 ; if ($now_month < 10) { $now_month = "0".$now_month } if ($now_day < 10) { $now_day = "0".$now_day } my $now_scal = join "-", ( $now_year, $now_month, $now_day ) ; return $now_scal ; }