Hi - I think CPAN's Date::Format is the module for you; take a look.
If you must do it yourself, something like: my ($sec, $min, $hour, $mon, $mday, $year) = localtime ( (stat($filename))[9]); my $yourYYYYMMDD = sprintf ("%4d%02d%02d", $year+1900, $mon+1, $mday); Aloha => Beau. -----Original Message----- From: Ben Crane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 6:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: time/date stamp hi all, using stat($mtime)..I want to convert into yyyymmdd...anyone know the format for that, I can only think of converting it to local time...no good... thanx Ben __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- 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]