On 11-03-10 10:33 AM, newbie01 perl wrote:
#!/usr/bin/perl
#$today = localtime();
$today_epoch = time();
$today = localtime($today_epoch);
my @today = localtime( $today_epoch ); # When in list context,
localtime returns an array that can be use with strftime
@date_fields = split(" ",$today);
$day=$date_fields[2];
$month=uc($date_fields[1]);
$year=$date_fields[4];
@time_fields = split(":",$date_fields[3]);
$hour=$time_fields[0];
$minute=$time_fields[1];
$second=$time_fields[2];
print "Today is ==> $today \n";
print strftime( "%A\n", @today );
# etc.
See:
perldoc POSIX and search for /strftime/
man strftime or http://www.manpagez.com/man/3/strftime/
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