I have needed to put the date and time in a specefic format for the ARS helpdesk system in order to move the call status into a resolved state.

The format ARS accepts is mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM/PM
The issue here is AM/PM.

I have done this but was wondering if there is a slicker way of doing it.

use strict;
use warnings;

my $d = &Date();
my $t = &Time();


print "$d - $t\n";

#Set Local Date
sub Date()
{
    (my $ss, my $mm, my $hh, my $d, my $mon, my $yr) = localtime();
    my $date = sprintf("%04d/%02d/%02d", $yr+1900, $mon+1, $d);
    return($date);
}

#Set Local Time
sub Time()
{
    my ($ampm);
    (my $ss, my $mm, my $hh, my $d, my $mon, my $yr) = localtime();
    if ( $hh > 12 ) {
       $hh = $hh - 12;
       $ampm = "PM";
    } else {
       $ampm = "AM";
    }

    my $time = sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d %s", $hh, $mm, $ss, $ampm);
    
    return($time);
}

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This works, but I'm sure the gurus have this in two or three lines as opposed to any many as mine.

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In reply to AM/PM in date and time format by AcidHawk

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