Holy Monks,

I've just 3 short questions about date:

1- if i've $newdate = `date`;
i'll get $newdate equal to "Wed Jun 4 11:30:16 EST 2003". What's the best way to change the $newdate to "04-06-2003 11:30:16". the way i figured out is pretty long.

2- Using localtime in perl, how can i print the date as dd-mm-yyyy (i.e. 04-06-2003). do i've to use printf or is there any other way?

2- How can i add 10 days to $newdate to get a new variable $deldate, with automatic month/year increment if the case calls.

Tanx in advance, AnA (newbie)

In reply to Working with date by alk1000

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