In command line invoked perl "time" will return the time in epoch seconds (each and every time).
In my mod_perl code (execution invoked by a browser hit) a line such as "$t = time;" only updates the first time after a script change or apache2 reset. This makes some sense based upon my limited reading of the advantages of mod_perl. But, how do I force my code to give me the CURRENT AT EXECUTION TIME value of the time (in epoch seconds).