#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Benchmark; timethese(0, { sysdate => "chomp( my \$date = `date +\%Y\%m\%d` );", localtime => 'my ($day,$mon,$year)=(localtime(time))[3,4,5]; my $date=sprintf("%0d%02d%02d",$year+1900,$mon+1,$day);', });