The same you your doing $year, $mon, $mday use %02d which tells sprintf to add leading zeros as need to keep the size correct. So \_$hour\:$min\:$sec becomes \_%02d\:%02d\:%02d and you add the $hour, $min and $sec after the $mday.
If you have any problems or questions, please let me know. Thanks. Wags ;) David R Wagner Senior Programmer Analyst FedEx Freight 1.408.323.4225x2224 TEL 1.408.323.4449 FAX http://fedex.com/us -----Original Message----- From: Tim Wolak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:55 To: beginners@perl.org Subject: dates Just a quick easy one, while printing localtime, how do I get it to print the full minutes and seconds, i.e. :02?? Thanks, Tim my $date; my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year) = (localtime) [0,1,2,3,4,5]; $year=$year+1900; $mon=$mon+1; $date = sprintf("%02d%02d%02d\_$hour\:$min\:$sec", $year,$mon,$mday); -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> ********************************************************************** This message contains information that is confidential and proprietary to FedEx Freight or its affiliates. It is intended only for the recipient named and for the express purpose(s) described therein. Any other use is prohibited. ********************************************************************** -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>