time will give you the number of seconds since the epoch. This is good so long as you don't expect to create two files in one second. http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/time.html
"For measuring time in better granularity than one second, you may use either the Time::HiRes module (from CPAN, and starting from Perl 5.8 part of the standard distribution)" http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfaq8.html#How-can-I-measure-time-under-a-second%3f An alternative might be to get a random number, and use that. On Nov 24, 2007 11:44 AM, AndrewMcHorney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I am looking for a perl function or functions that will give me the > date and time. I am going to use the results to create a unique file name. > > Andrew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
