On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 23:56 -0700, Arun wrote: > Hi, > As i am new to perl i just wanted to define a string with the > current date and time. > For example: > current_date-current_time::Arun::current_date,current_time,Prakash > > so how do i define this string...... > >
The simplest way is to use localtime, see `perldoc -f localtime`. If you want more control over the format, see `perldoc POSIX` and search for 'strftime'. -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn "Where there's duct tape, there's hope." "Perl is the duct tape of the Internet." Hassan Schroeder, Sun's first webmaster -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/