use strict; use warnings; use Time::HiRes qw(gettimeofday); my($seconds, $microseconds); my $index; for (1..10) { ($seconds, $microseconds) = gettimeofday; $index = sprintf("%d%06d", $seconds, $microseconds); print "$index\n"; } #### 1290951829553400 1290951829553437 1290951829553448 1290951829553457 1290951829553467 1290951829553477 1290951829553487 1290951829553496 1290951829553505 1290951829553515