use Time::HiRes qw(gettimeofday);

my $sec        = gettimeofday();   # scalar context
my ( $s, $ms ) = gettimeofday();   # list context

my $float_t = "$s.$ms";

printf "Seconds since epoch (scalar): %d\n", $sec;
printf "Seconds since epoch (list):   %d.%d\n", $s, $ms;
printf "Seconds since epoch (float):  %.6f\n", $float_t;

printf "Scalar: %s\nList:   %s\nFloat:  %s\n", 
    scalar(localtime($sec)),
    scalar(localtime("$s.$ms")),
    scalar(localtime($float_t));

__DATA__
Seconds since epoch (scalar): 1095126990
Seconds since epoch (list):   1095126990.878512
Seconds since epoch (float):  1095126990.878512
Scalar: Tue Sep 14 11:56:30 2004
List:   Tue Sep 14 11:56:30 2004
Float:  Tue Sep 14 11:56:30 2004

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tachyon

In reply to Re: converting Time::HiRes by tachyon
in thread converting Time::HiRes by Lhamo Latso

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