in reply to Re: Localtime
in thread How to get 3-letter month abbreviations ?

Absolutely. In scalar context,

print scalar(localtime), "\n";

localtime returns a time string like:

Fri Feb 14 14:53:08 2003

I never actually realized it until you pointed it out. I always did it the hard way and constructed an array of month names.

Thanks coruscate++

Where do you want *them* to go today?