If you're truly interested in modifying your script to support internationalization, you may be interested in Locales (see perllocale). Since all these definitions and settings are included in most advanced OS's, it makes sense to make use of them if your needs extend beyond something simple like this (otherwise that's a lot of overhead for simply getting month names out of it). Consider: 
use POSIX qw(locale_h strftime);   # arturo's fix
use locale;   # not necessarily needed in *this* case

# locale_h above and the setlocale() calls below
# are only needed in normal circumstances if you 
# want to work outside of your machine's default 
# locale.

for $locale (qw{ en fr de }) {
   setlocale(LC_TIME, $locale);

   for (0..11) {
      print "Locale $locale\n---------\n";
 
      # strftime is now localized to $locale
      print strftime("%B", 0, 0, 0, 1, $_, 96);

      print "\n";
   }
}

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Note: Code samples are for conceptual use only and generally are not meant to be cut/pasted into a production application. Always 'use strict', have a thorough understanding of the code you use, and check the return values of functions and handle errors according to your needs. - Fastolfe

In reply to Re: Month Names by Fastolfe
in thread Month Names by Anonymous Monk

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