I am difficulty in using the split function to extract the current date from the @date_time variable.
#! /usr/bin/perl -w #Class 4 assignment # define hash use strict; my %days; %days = ( 'mon' => 'Monday', 'tue' => 'Tuesday', 'wed' => 'Wednesday', 'thu' => 'Thursday', 'fri' => 'Friday', 'sat' => 'Saturday', 'sun' => 'Sunday', ); # Define $date_time varible my $date_time = localtime; print "$date_time"; split $date_time,/ /; __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]