Bob, I appologize for the slip of the finger :) I assure you it wont happen again :D ... And thank you very much.
~Brian >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 5:12 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Two parter >> >> >> #1 -- Thanks to everyone who helped me with my first question. >> >> #2 -- Does pearl have a "date" variable. I just need MM/DD/YYYY Do >> would I need to make a system call? > > No "date" variable. Perl (not "pearl") has time(), which returns > epoch seconds, and then localtime() and gmtime() which convert > to date/time representation. > > To get current date as MM/DD/YYYY, you can use: > > my ($d, $m, $y) = (localtime)[3..5]; > $m++; > $y += 100; > my $date = sprintf('%02d/%02d/%04d', $m, $d, $y); > > Or, use POSIX::strftime(): > > use POSIX qw(strftime); > > my $date = strftime('%m/%d/%Y', localtime) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
