From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > $now=localtime; > > print DEBUG "$now\n"; > > btw: When I use the upper lines, I get "Mon Jan 20 15:49:26 2003" as > $now. If I do > > print DEBUG localtime; > > i get some big number. What is that number? Unix-ticks or what it's > called? The difference is the scalar context, no?
You actually do not get one huge number, but several small ones concatenated together. Try: print DEBUG join(', ', localtime); And see the localtime docs. :-) Jenda ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ===== When it comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed to get drunk and croon as much as they like. -- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs