I'm not sure if there's a function to do that. But you could check the length of $DAY...if it's less than 2 you could just add a 0 infront of it.
Good luck, Tyler Longren ----- Original Message ----- From: "Torres, Jose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Shinagare, Sandeep'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 2:09 PM Subject: RE: today's date.... > In the code below, is there a Perl built-in function to pass $DAY into > so that a "9" comes out "09"? I need digits from 1 to 9 to be of the form > 01, 02, etc. Ideas? Thanks. > > > > -Jose > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shinagare, Sandeep [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 11:27 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: today's date.... > > > Hi Folks! > Trying to get todays date and month... was able to find this... > > #snip-start > use Time::localtime; > $tm = localtime; > ($DAY, $MONTH, $YEAR) = ($tm->mday, $tm->mon, $tm->year); > #snip-end > > this gives me the Day and Month in numbers.. anyway in which i > can get "Mon","Tue","Wed" and "Jan","Feb","Mar" etc.. other than > coding the conversion? > > Thanks, > Sandeep > > > ********************************************************************** > COLT Telecommunications > Registered in England No. 2452736 > Registered Office: Bishopsgate Court, 4 Norton Folgate, London E1 6DQ > Tel. 020 7390 3900 > > This message is subject to and does not create or vary any contractual > relationship between COLT Telecommunications, its subsidiaries or > affiliates ("COLT") and you. Internet communications are not secure > and therefore COLT does not accept legal responsibility for the > contents of this message. Any view or opinions expressed are those of > the author. The message is intended for the addressee only and its > contents and any attached files are strictly confidential. If you have > received it in error, please telephone the number above. Thank you. > > > ************************************************************************ > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]