Dude, I really think you need to read up on sprintf! 
sub TimeStamp {
    my($format) = $_[0];
    my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year) = localtime();
    $year+=1900;
    $mon++;
    if ($format == 1) {
        return sprintf("%4d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d",$year,$mon,$mday
+,$hour,$min,$sec);
    }
    elsif ($format == 2) {
        return sprintf("%02d%02d%4d",$mon,$mday,$year);
    }
    elsif ($format == 3) {
        return sprintf("%02d%02d%02d",$year%100,$mon,$mday);
    }
    elsif ($format == 4) {
        return sprintf("%02d%02d%02d",$mon,$mday,$year%100);
    }
    elsif ($format == 5) {
        return sprintf("%4d%02d%02d%02d%02d%02d",$year,$mon,$mday,$hou
+r,$min,$sec);
    }
    elsif ($format == 6) {
        return sprintf("%4d%02d%02d",$year,$mon,$mday);
    }
    elsif ($format == 7) {
        return sprintf("%02d/%02d/%4d %02d:%02d:%02d",$mday,$mon,$year
+,$hour,$min,$sec);
    }
    elsif ($format == 8) {
        return sprintf("%4d%02d%02d%02d%02d",$year,$mon,$mday,$hour,$m
+in);
    }
    else {
        return sprintf("%02d/%02d/%4d",$mday,$mon,$year);
    }
}

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in thread How can I format the output of localtime? by Anonymous Monk

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