thanks almut and hipowls. here is the codes. the Format.pm is too long and i have only posted the part that was related to the line 265. while the IniFiles.pm is the complete code. /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi/Time/Format.pm

  package DBI::Format::String;

  @DBI::Format::String::ISA = qw(DBI::Format::Base);

  sub header {
      my($self, $sth, $fh, $sep) = @_;
      $self->{'fh'} = $self->setup_fh($fh);
      $self->{'sth'} = $sth;
      $self->{'data'} = [];
      $self->{sep} = $sep if defined $sep;
      my $types = $sth->{'TYPE'};
      my @right_justify;
      my @widths;
      my $names = $sth->{'NAME'};
      my $type;
      for (my $i = 0;  $i < $sth->{'NUM_OF_FIELDS'};  $i++) {
      $type = $types->[$i];
        push(@widths, 
            ($type == DBI::SQL_DATE)? 8 :
            ($type == DBI::SQL_INTEGER and $sth->{PRECISION}->[$i] > 1
+5 )? 10 :
           ($type == DBI::SQL_NUMERIC and $sth->{PRECISION}->[$i] > 15
+ )? 10 :
                defined($sth->{PRECISION}->[$i]) ? 
                     $sth->{PRECISION}->[$i]: 0);
        push(@right_justify,
             ($type == DBI::SQL_NUMERIC()   ||
              $type == DBI::SQL_DECIMAL()   ||
              $type == DBI::SQL_INTEGER()   ||
              $type == DBI::SQL_SMALLINT()  ||
              $type == DBI::SQL_FLOAT()     ||
              $type == DBI::SQL_REAL()      ||
              $type == DBI::SQL_BIGINT()    ||
              $type == DBI::SQL_TINYINT()));
             my $format_names;
      $format_names .= sprintf("%%-%ds ", $widths[$i]);
          print $fh (sprintf($format_names, $names->[$i]));
      }
      $self->{'widths'} = \@widths;
      $self->{'right_justify'} = \@right_justify;
      print $fh "\n";

  }
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/NYSDOT/Config/IniFiles.pm

  package NYSDOT::Config::IniFiles; 
  use strict;
  use warnings;

  use Config::IniFiles;
  use Time::Format qw/time_format/;

  our @ISA = ("Config::IniFiles");
  our $VERSION = "0.3";

  =head1 NYSDOT::Config::IniFiles

  A thin wrapper around the OO interface of C<Config::IniFiles>.

  =head1 VERSION

  0.3

  =head1 COPYRIGHT

  NYSDOT, 2003

  =head1 AUTHOR

  Will Coleda (LTI)

  =head1 METHODS

  =head2 new

  This constuctor takes the same arguments at that for C<Config::IniFi
+les>.
  (a hash of -name and value pairs).

  If an argument of C<-interpolate> (with a valid section name as a va
+lue)
  is passed into the constructor, then we look for a section with the
  same name as the value of that argument.

  If present, all parameters declared in that section are considered
  variables. Any occurances of that parameter name surrounded by %'s i
+n 
  a value (not in the paramater name itself) are interpolated with the
  value of that parameter. Additionally, if this section is present, 
  parameters of the form C<%TIME=yyyymmdd%> will automatically be expa
+nded.
  Anything after the C<=> will be passed to C<Time::Format>. For examp
+le, 
  C<%TIME=yymm%> will expand to C<0301> in January, 2003. See L<Time::
+Format>
  for more details.

  A new instance of a Config::IniFiles object is created in which: 
  these substitutions are made; the section that defined the interpola
+tions
  is removed; the parameters passed to its constructor do not
  include C<-interpolate>.

  If the C<-interpolate> is not present in the original (or referred t
+o
  an invalid section), then no substitutions are done. A warning is em
+itted
  in the case of an invalid section.

  =cut

  sub new {
    my $proto = shift;
    my %args = @_;
  
    my $class = ref($proto) || $proto;

    my $interpolate = 0;
    if ($args{"-interpolate"}) {
      $interpolate = $args{"-interpolate"};
    }
    delete $args{"-interpolate"};
    my $obj = $class->SUPER::new (%args);

    if ($interpolate) {
      if (! $obj->SectionExists($interpolate)) {
        warn "invalid interpolation section $interpolate specified";
      }
      my %params;
      foreach my $param ($obj->Parameters($interpolate)) {
        $params{$param} = $obj->val($interpolate,$param);
      }
      $obj->DeleteSection($interpolate);

      foreach my $section ($obj->Sections()) { foreach my $param ($obj
+->Parameters($section)) {
          my $val = $obj->val($section,$param);
          # Explicit parameter substitution
          foreach my $param (keys %params) {
            $val =~ s/%$param%/$params{$param}/gi;
          }
          # Automatic TIME= substitution.
          $val =~ s/%TIME=([^%]+)%/time_format($1)/gei;
          $obj->newval($section,$param,$val);
        }
      }
    }

    # now, rebless into our own class.
    bless($obj,$class);
  }

  =head2 boolean

  Similar to C<Config::IniFile>'s C<val> method. Takes an optional
  parameter to indicate the default if not specified.

  If the specified section and parameter don't exist, undef is returne
+d,
  unless a default is supplied, it which case it is returned.

  If the value exists, and is one of C<0>, C<FALSE>, C<NO>, C<OFF>,
  then the function returns true, otherwise false.

  (NB: the default value passed in, and the return value, are Perlian
  true/false values, and not Configian.)

  =cut 

  sub boolean {
    my $self = shift;
    my ($section,$parameter,$default) = @_;
    defined($section) or die "Must specify section";
    defined($parameter) or die "Must specify parameter";
  
    my $val = $self->val($section,$parameter);

    if (defined($val)) {
      if ($val =~ /^\s*(0|FALSE|NO|OFF)\s*$/i) {
        return 0;
      } else {
        return 1;
      }
    } else {
      return $default;
    }
  }

  =head1 BUGS

  If you write the config back out to disk, it will overwrite the para
+meterized
  version, replacing it with a snapshot of the config as you were usin
+g it.
  This is not the right thing to do. So, don't do that.

  If you set an interpolated parameter to have a value that contains t
+he
  name of another parameter surrounded by C<%>'s, multiple expansions 
+may
  occur, depending on ordering.

  =cut

  1;
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