How to use localtime() in another function ( in list context)

drecaise has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks, I'm stuck with what is probably very easy to do but I can't find how: Here is the code (simplified to the basic problem):

 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use warnings;
use Date::Format;

my @lt = localtime();
my $timestring = strftime('%c', @lt);
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In the above example I'd like to get rid of the @lt variable and call localtime() directly from strftime(). Thing is that I don't know how to call it in a way that will return an array. I've been fiddling with it but couldn't figure out how this is done.

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Re: How to use localtime() in another function ( in list context) by GrandFather (Saint) on Feb 03, 2011 at 08:25 UTC
You could use the following slightly skanky trick to appease the prototype that is provided for strftime: `my $timestring = strftime('%c', @{[localtime()]});` [download] which creates a temporary array reference then dereferences it. True laziness is hard work	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: How to use localtime() in another function ( in list context) by drecaise (Initiate) on Feb 03, 2011 at 08:30 UTC
Aah that's it :) Thank you very much!	[reply]
Re: How to use localtime() in another function ( in list context) by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 03, 2011 at 09:11 UTC
Alternatively, you could bypass the prototype (by using "`&`") and pass it what it actually wants, a ref to an array. `my $timestring = &strftime('%c', [ localtime() ]);` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: How to use localtime() in another function ( in list context) by jwkrahn (Abbot) on Feb 03, 2011 at 09:56 UTC
Use POSIX::strftime instead?	[reply]