use Time::local; $fmt = 1; $sec =2 ; $min =3; $hours =4; $mday = 6; $dmon =5; $mon =6; $year =7; $wkday =8; $Yearday =9; $DST = 10; # use POSIX qw(strftime); print timelocal($sec,$min,$hours,$mday,$mon,$year);