Your eloquent example proves (to me) I was over complicating things -- everything doesn't need to be a science project. :P

Thanks. It was perfect.

--Chris

#!/usr/bin/perl -Tw
use Perl::Always or die;
my $perl_version = (5.12.5);
print $perl_version;

...

Its a process and a puzzle :) Sometimes you're missing a corner piece, sometimes you need a break (or a nap), this is a learning moment, so it helps to be able to answer "what was I thinking" and write that down (don't have to share , but put it in your notes) ....

thats how checklists are born; sometimes they're general, more often they're about your thinking process; if you identify big ones, you can remember them for next time, so you'll know to take a break :) approach from a different angle ...

:) Cheers

Thanks for your thoughtful response.

Actually, I'm suffering a massive headache. The worst part is; I wasn't drinking. So I'm suffering without having the benefit of having had a great time. :(

Now having been given a little focus (the example above). It occurred to me, that given I almost always use
POSIX qw(strftime);
for any of my Date/Time related stuff. I could have simply done:

use POSIX qw(strftime);
my $w3cstring = strftime "%FT%H:%I:%S", localtime;
print $w3cstring;
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Which would have returned the equivalent:

2013-11-26T14:02:48
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In fact better; as I wasn't looking for the TZ. Which is appended, using the example provided earlier in this thread.

Thanks again, for the thoughtful response.

--Chris

#!/usr/bin/perl -Tw
use Perl::Always or die;
my $perl_version = (5.12.5);
print $perl_version;