$ perl -MO=Deparse,-p #!perl use strict;use warnings; use Time::localtime; print "substr month= " . (substr("0" . localtime->mon() + 1, -2)) . "\n"; print "substr day= " . (substr("0" . localtime->mday(), -2)) . "\n"; print "sprintf month= " . (sprintf "%02d", localtime->mon() + 1) . "\n"; print "sprintf day= " . (sprintf "%02d", localtime->mday()) . "\n"; ^D #### use Time::localtime; BEGIN {${^WARNING_BITS} = "UUUUUUUUUUUU"} use strict 'refs'; print((('substr month= ' . substr((('0' . localtime()->mon) + 1), (-2))) . "\n") ); print((('substr day= ' . substr(('0' . localtime()->mday), (-2))) . "\n")); print((('sprintf month= ' . sprintf('%02d', (localtime()->mon + 1))) . "\n")); print((('sprintf day= ' . sprintf('%02d', localtime()->mday)) . "\n"));