Hello,

File::stat is from 2003 and is an Object Interface to builtin Perl's stat function. with this: 
perl -e " use File::stat qw/stat/; my $mtime = (stat $ARGV[0])[9];  my
+($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime($mt
ime);print qq!file = $file $mday/$mon/$year\n!;  "  web-browser-gtk2.p
+l

file =  1/0/70   #WRONG

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i got the same error as you (dunno why you got epoch(1 january 1970) minus one day).
with File::Stat (note the big S) is ok:
perl -e " use File::Stat; my $mtime = (stat $ARGV[0])[9];  my($sec,$mi
+n,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime($mtime);prin
t qq!file = $file $mday/$mon/$year\n!;  "  web-browser-gtk2.pl

file =  11/2/110  #OK

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That is the rigth mtime of the file.

Without using any module you use the core stat function and working as expected. 
perl -e " my $mtime = (stat $ARGV[0])[9];  my($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$m
+on,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime($mtime);print qq!file = $fil
e $mday/$mon/$year\n!;  "  web-browser-gtk2.pl

file =  11/2/110  #OK

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In reply to Re: File date by Discipulus
in thread File date by natol44

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