Don't let us stop you. :-) 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

sub timestamp {
    # return current timestamp in HHMMSS format
    my ($second, $minute, $hour) = (localtime)[0,1,2];
    sprintf ("%02d%02d%02d", $hour, $minute, $second);
}

sub datestamp {
    # return current date in DDMMCCYY format
    my ($day, $month, $year) = (localtime)[3,4,5];
    sprintf ("%02d%02d%04d", $day, $month + 1, $year + 1900);
}
my $filename = 'new.file.d{activity_date}.t{activity_time}';

$filename =~ s/{activity_date}/datestamp/e;
$filename =~ s/{activity_time}/timestamp/e;

print $filename;

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