You don't have -w turned on. 
Unquoted string "p" may clash with future reserved word at t.pl line 1
+2.
Useless use of a constant in void context at t.pl line 12.
Name "main::count" used only once: possible typo at t.pl line 9.
Use of uninitialized value in localtime at t.pl line 5.
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Turning on 'use strict' and -w gives the following: 
[jcw@linux mm]$ perl t.pl
Global symbol "$x" requires explicit package name at t.pl line 6.
Global symbol "$t" requires explicit package name at t.pl line 7.
Global symbol "$x" requires explicit package name at t.pl line 7.
Global symbol "$t" requires explicit package name at t.pl line 8.
Global symbol "$count" requires explicit package name at t.pl line 11.
Bareword "p" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at t.pl line 14.
Execution of t.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

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