in reply to getting unix time

mmhh.

Check this out.

perldoc -f localtime perlfunc localtime Converts a time as returned by the time function to a 9 +-element list with the time analyzed for the local time zone. Typically used as follows: # 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst)=localtime(time); ..........