From my reading of the problem, mkent simply has a problem translating the variables in his file with Time::Local.

Reproducing merlyn's article we get: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use CGI ':standard';
        use Time::Local;
        my $time = timelocal(0,0,0,1,0,100);
        my $string = localtime $time;
print header(), start_html(-title => "");        
        print "the big ball falls at $time => $string\n";
print end_html();

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Simply placing the mkent's line: 
my $time = timelocal($sec,$min,$hhour,$day,$month,$year);

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should work in the same way provided MarkM's advice is followed: 
my $time = timelocal($sec,$min,$hhour,$day,$month-1,$year-=1900);

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So finally we have: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use CGI ':standard';
        use Time::Local;
my $sec = "50";
my $min = "20";
my $hhour = "10";
my $day = "12";
my $month = "12";
my $year = "2002";
        my $time = timelocal($sec,$min,$hhour,$day,$month-1,$year-=190
+0);
        my $string = localtime $time;
print header(), start_html(-title => "");        
        print "the big ball falls at $time => $string\n";
print end_html();

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The truth is in there. Somewhere.

In reply to In defence of merlyn... by jonnyfolk
in thread Error from timelocal by mkent

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