note space_monk <p>Well the current local time is returned by <b>localtime</b> </p> <p>Formatting that time can be done in many different ways in Perl. The quickest way is probably to use the Posix <b>strftime</b> function. <p>Putting the two together gives:</p> <code> use POSIX; print strftime( "%d/%y/%Y", localtime()); </code> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-880879"> A Monk aims to give answers to those who have none, and to learn from those who know more. </div></div> 1004324 1004324