while (){ my $former_hour = substr($_, 0, 2); my $former_mn = substr($_, 2, 2); my $new_hour = ($former_hour + int($diff / 60)) % 24; my $new_mn = ($former_mn + $diff) % 60; print STDOUT "former_time is $former_hour$former_mn\n"; print STDOUT "new time is $new_hour$new_mn\n"; }