I'd start with making that easier to extend (and maintain). The snippet uses the default (builtin) localtime function, not the one returning a hashref or an object:

sub timestamp
{
    my @st = localtime (shift);
    return sprintf "%04d-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%02d.000-0700",
        $st[5] + 1900, ++$st[4], @st[3,2,1,0];
    }

sub starttimestamp  { return timestamp (time);             }
sub endtimestamp    { return timestamp (time + (15 * 60)); }
sub futuretimestamp { return timestamp (time + shift);     }

my $fts = futuretimestamp (162 * 60 * 60); # Stamp 162 hours ahead

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This way, there is only one location that defines the required format and several easy ways to use that.


Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

In reply to Re^3: Newbie: Request help on creating CSV using timestamp data by Tux
in thread Newbie: Request help on creating CSV using timestamp data by Anonymous Monk

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