Hi Monks, I'm trying to make a routine which will return the same value for a short period of time, but, that value must stay the same for over a timeframe of 10 minutes.

print join(" ", localtime());

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This will give me the values as SEC, MIN, HRS, .... ; but; I got a "five before twelve time-problem" with it; since; when it is 40, 59, that value will only stay the same for the last 20 seconds.

Any of you know anything which I can compare to; any modules available that will give me a number or value which changes only every 5 to 10 minutes on this planet ? Or any other ideas?

The meaning of this is to write a stateless seed/salt-id which does not depend on a written entry in a database but rather on its values (encrypted).

In reply to A value that stays a value (for some time) by freakingwildchild

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