my $month = (localtime())[4]; my $last_month = (($month)%12); my %months = ( 0 => "Dec", 1 => "Jan", 2 => "Feb", 3 => "Mar", 4 => "Apr", 5 => "May", 6 => "Jun", 7 => "Jul", 8 => "Aug", 9 => "Sep", 10 => "Oct", 11 => "Nov", ); print "$months{$last_month}\n";