Re: Extract System Time & Date in a perl so that it can be used in a perl program

The time function returns the number of seconds since the epoch (usually 1st Jan 1970). The localtime function converts that number into more meaningful units. The strftime function (from the standard module POSIX.pm) is useful for formatting dates and times.

That should get you started, beyond that, take a look at the modules produced by the Perl Date/Time project.

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Re^2: Extract System Time & Date in a perl so that it can be used in a perl program by Random_Walk (Prior) on Jan 31, 2006 at 17:19 UTC
davorg++ POSIX++ strftime++ I always use strftime and print out using ISO 8601 time format, here is a swift example `> perl -MPOSIX -le'print strftime("%Y-%m-%d %X", localtime)' 2006-01-31 18:13:37` [download] If you print your times in this format it makes them easy to compare or sort with `gt/lt` Cheers, R. Pereant, qui ante nos nostra dixerunt!	[reply] [d/l] [select]