sub timestamp { my @st = localtime (shift); return sprintf "%04d-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%02d.000-0700", $st[5] + 1900, ++$st[4], @st[3,2,1,0]; } sub starttimestamp { return timestamp (time); } sub endtimestamp { return timestamp (time + (15 * 60)); } sub futuretimestamp { return timestamp (time + shift); } my $fts = futuretimestamp (162 * 60 * 60); # Stamp 162 hours ahead