Re^3: How do I remove newline character from a number got from unix command

    my $date_as_YYYY_MM_DD = do {
        my @d = localtime;
        sprintf "%04d-%02d-%02d", $d[5] + 1900, ++$d[4], $d[3];
        };
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but that is most likely better done with POSIX' strftime:

use POSIX qw( strftime );
my $d_YMD = POSIX::strftime ("%Y-%m-%d", localtime);
my $d_Md  = POSIX::strftime ("%d %b", localtime); # I prefer 04 Sep ov
+er Sep 04
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Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

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Re^4: How do I remove newline character from a number got from unix command by tousifp (Novice) on Sep 04, 2013 at 15:45 UTC
t a n k s!	[reply]