in reply to Re^5: Append the timestamp before and after the data in the logfile
in thread Append the timestamp before and after the data in the logfile

print "Started at ", (strftime "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y", localtime($star
+t)), "\n";

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Also

scalar localtime

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(See what localtime does in scalar context) - Oh, this bad habit of Perl having the right dwimmery built in!! ;-)

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