So copy the module, rename it, add use POSIX qw(strftime);, remove

    for($i = $self->{'Count'}; $i > 1; $i--) {
        $j = $i - 1;
            $next = "${currn}." . $i . $ext;
            $prev = "${currn}." . $j . $ext;
        if ( -r $prev && -f $prev ) {
            move($prev,$next)    ## move will attempt rename for us
                or croak "error: move failed: ($prev,$next)";
        }
    }

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and change
$next = "${currn}.1";
to
$next = "${currn}_" . strfmt('...', localtime);

Here's some time formats friendly to Windows and UNIX shells which are string-sortable:

use POSIX qw(strftime);
@t = localtime;
$\ = "\n";
print strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S",      @t); # logfile_20040914151753
print strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S",     @t); # logfile_20040914-151753
print strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S",   @t); # logfile_2004-09-14-151753
print strftime("%Y-%m-%d@%H-%M-%S", @t); # logfile_2004-09-14@15-17-53

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In reply to Re^3: Automating File Rotation by ikegami
in thread Automating File Rotation by Anonymous Monk

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