Jason Corbett wrote: > > i want to use the sub routine to time stamp processes and such whenever > i need to. So, I wrote this below to call the routine into a variable > $process_date. Is there a better way to read the date into a variable > and use it?
Yes, use localtime() or POSIX::strftime(). perldoc -f localtime perldoc POSIX John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>