Probably not the prettiest, but it should work... my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year) = (localtime(time))[0..5]; my $date = sprintf("%04d",$year+1900) . sprintf("%02d",$mon+1) . sprintf("%02d",$mday) . sprintf("%02d",$hour) . sprintf("%02d",$min) . sprintf("%02d",$sec) ;
------------------------------------------------ On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 14:58:10 -0000 , John Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need to return the current date and time in the following format > > YYYYMMDDHHMMSS > > but am struggling to do this using the localtime function > > In perticular, how do I get the month number(e.g. 09 for Sep)? > > John Dunn > Sefas Innovation Ltd > 0117 9154267 > www.sefas.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]