sub show_when_last
{
  my $file = shift @_;
  my ($atime, $mtime) = (stat ($file) )[8,9];
  my $whenstring = "File: $file\n";
  my %filestats = (Accessed => $atime, Modified => $mtime);
  my ( $modsecs, $days, $hours, $mins, $secs );
  print "TIME " , localtime($atime) , "\n";
  while( my ($term, $ftime) = each %filestats )
  {
      $modsecs     = (time - $ftime);  # mod time in epoch secs.
      $days        = $modsecs / 86400; # secs/day
      $modsecs    %= 86400;            # days remainder
      $hours       = $modsecs / 3600;  # secs/hour
      $modsecs    %= 3600;             # hours remainder
      $mins        = $modsecs / 60;    # secs/min
      $secs        = $modsecs % 60;    # remaining secs
      $whenstring .= sprintf ("$term: %02d days, %02d hours, %02d minu
+tes, and %02d seconds ago.\n",
                      $days, $hours, $mins, $secs );
  }
  print "$whenstring\n";

}

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OUTPUT: 
TIME 5025151021092680
File: /home/finload/load/data//GMTKFUTPDV0120090309.TXT
Accessed: 00 days, 02 hours, 44 minutes, and 37 seconds ago.
Modified: 00 days, 02 hours, 44 minutes, and 37 seconds ago.

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How can I get the atime format as <code> Mar 10 15:25 <code> Any idea?

In reply to getting time value from any datetime modules by Anonymous Monk

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