I have a function that gives me a formatted timestamp string when I need it. It will format a value I pass, or if I don't pass anything to it, it uses the current time.

sub _timestamp {
    my $t = shift;        # allow me to pass in a time
    $t = time unless $t;  # use the current time if none specified
    
    my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localti
+me($t);

    my $timestamp = sprintf("%04u-%02u-%02u %02u:%02u:%02u",
        $year + 1900, $mon + 1, $mday, $hour, $min, $sec);

    return $timestamp;
}

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All you have to do is change the format to however you like. You can then use the returned string as part of a filename, or as I use it, to prefix entries in my log files.

Cheers,
Akoya

In reply to Re: Date and time for log files by Akoya
in thread Date and time for log files by ibaboom

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