#!/usr/bin/perl use Time::HiRes qw(gettimeofday); my @timings = (0,0,0,0); #discard once @timings = (gettimeofday(), gettimeofday()); @timings = (gettimeofday(), gettimeofday()); print "$timings[0]$timings[1]\n"; print "$timings[2]$timings[3]\n"; __OUTPUT__ 1133364015468783 1133364015468783