I would really recommend using a CPAN module for formatting dates instead of building your own solution from the bottom.

One of my favorites is Date::Format.

This is very easy to use. You also get the added bonus of easily changing the format of your output date. Simply change the template string, and you are set. There is no need to modify what variables you are getting, possibly change the format of those variables (numeric or string context), then change the print statement.

For example, in your desire to get the format "Monday, February 13,2006 10:09" you would do:

time2str('%A, %B %d,%Y %I', time);
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