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Doctor Doctor it hurts when I do this, what should I do?

Don’t do it if it hurts

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Re^2: getting system time
by akrrs7 (Acolyte) on Dec 02, 2011 at 16:16 UTC
    I need to use 
    use Time::localtime;

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    because later in the script, I am using 
    $dateModified = ctime($attrs->mtime);

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    to get the timestamp of a file.

    And if don't have the 'use Time' defined, then I get a 'Undefined subroutine &main::ctime called' error

    So not just a question of If it hurts don't do it
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      Try not importing stuff from the module, i.e.

      use Time::localtime ();   # note the parentheses

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      and then call the function fully qualified 

      $dateModified = Time::localtime::ctime($attrs->mtime);

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      (Or import only ctime, which should not clash.)

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