The obligatory DateTime solution: 
DateTime->now()->strftime('%d.%m.%y')

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That out of the way, let me say that either DD.MM.YY or MM.DD.YY is a crazy way of dealing with dates. Neither is sortable and the two are not distinguishable for 144 days of the year. An ISO date/time format solves this: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS

However if all you're doing is displaying the date to a known audience who have either asked, or specified that this is the best *display* format, then go ahead.

I'd still argue however that a two-digit year is fraught with danger .. remember the Y2K bug? This is it!

Cheers!
Rick

In reply to Re: Best way to get DD.MM.YY by BigLug
in thread Best way to get DD.MM.YY by ghenry

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