> -----Original Message----- > From: LinkS On WeB [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 4:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Perl Help > > > using the stat function, say I was using $stat[9], > which displays the time of the file, how would I make > it just display the date. Month-DayofMonth-Year
Pass the time from stat() to localtime(). This will break out the separate month, day, and year components. You can format these with sprintf() (or POSIX::strftime() for more elaborate formatting possibilities). Carefully read perldoc -f localtime to get the details on the various fields returned. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
