in reply to Re: Is there a way of storing 600 in a scalar as 0600 (24 hour clock style)?
in thread Is there a way of storing 600 in a scalar as 0600 (24 hour clock style)?

Heh. Then, I suppose, the code becomes: 

$time = 600;
($time = "0".$time) if ($time < 1000);
($time = "0".$time) if ($time < 100);
($time = "0".$time) if ($time < 10);

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p.s. Don't do this -- stick with sprintf

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