sub my_fmt_duration { my @t = shift->in_units('hours','minutes','seconds','nanoseconds'); $t[3]/=1000000; # ns->ms return sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d:%03d",@t); } print my_fmt_duration($first),"\n"; print my_fmt_duration($last ),"\n"; $last->subtract_duration($first); print my_fmt_duration($last ),"\n";