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in reply to convert month number to month name

Isn't there any perl built in function which can do the work, like there is strftime function which can do the work.

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Re^2: convert month number to month name
by johngg (Canon) on Aug 30, 2012 at 08:12 UTC

    POSIX is a core module so strftime() is available without the need to install any modules from CPAN.

    $ perl -E '
> use POSIX qw{ strftime };
> say strftime q{%b}, localtime( time() );'
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    Cheers,

    JohnGG

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