[OT] Date format in *nix box

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Re: Date format in *nix box by Corion (Patriarch) on Jun 28, 2006 at 07:18 UTC
The POSIX module contains the `strftime()` function, which is incredibly convenient for formatting dates and times: `use strict; use POSIX qw(strftime); print strftime '%Y%%m%d %H%M%S', localtime();` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
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Re: Date format in *nix box by shmem (Chancellor) on Jun 28, 2006 at 07:34 UTC
You should ask such not in any way perl related questions in the chatterbox, an not make an issue of them. Please read the PerlMonks FAQ. Thanks. _($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo. G°\ / /\_¯/(q / ---------------------------- \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."· ");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}	[reply]
Re: Date format in *nix box by borisz (Canon) on Jun 28, 2006 at 07:19 UTC
`date +"%Y%m%d %H%M%S"` [download] Boris	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Date format in *nix box by madtoperl (Hermit) on Jun 28, 2006 at 07:17 UTC
Hi qsl, This you can find from the man page itself.okey,see the command '+DATE %y%m%d %H%M%S'.This will give your expected output. Ouptut:- DATE 060628 124443 Thanks and Regards, madtoperl.	[reply]