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How about: 

[0] Perl> $now = substr localtime(), 11, 8;;
[0] Perl> print $now;;
21:59:52

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Should be way faster than either of the other methods. It's method a in these results: 

   Rate    b    c    a
b 121/s   -- -37% -70%
c 191/s  58%   -- -53%
a 405/s 235% 112%   --

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Re^2: Using split, splice, and join to remove time from scalar context return of localtime()
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 17, 2009 at 22:34 UTC
    Without any use locale, does localtime use the current locale?
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      I've no idea. To either the question or it's relevance.

      But if it doesn't, I'd say that was a bug in Perl or the pragma.

      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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        Your solution requires localtime to return strings with specific arrangement of characters. If localtime returns a string based on the locale, your solution could break.

        I don't know how to change locale to test.

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