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mtime as returned by (stat($filename))[9] is seconds since the epoch on your particular platform.
To see when the beginning of your machine's epoch was: 

print scalar gmtime(0);

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Some modules useful for working with date/time:

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RE: Answer: How do I interpret mtime with stat()?
by mitd (Curate) on Oct 21, 2000 at 21:17 UTC
    Bollocks! I messed up CPAN links here are the corrected links:

    Date::Format
    Date::Calc
    Date::Manip

    Thank the gods! I had time on my side.

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    'My favourite colour appears to be grey.'

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