#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use POSIX qw(strftime); my $start = time(); print "Started at ", (strftime "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y", localtime($start)), "\n"; for (1 .. 5) { print "Logging some stuff...\n"; sleep 1; } my $end = time(); print "Ended at ", (strftime "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y", localtime($end)), "\n"; print "Total run time:", $end-$start, " seconds\n"; #### Started at Thu Dec 22 14:59:20 2005 Logging some stuff... Logging some stuff... Logging some stuff... Logging some stuff... Logging some stuff... Ended at Thu Dec 22 14:59:25 2005 Total run time:5 seconds