use strict; use warnings; BEGIN { *ARGV = *DATA unless @ARGV } my $timestamp = <>; my ($year,$month,$day,$hour,$minute,$second) = ($timestamp =~ /(\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d)/); printf "%s is %d seconds\n",$timestamp, ((($year * 365 + $day) * 24 + $hour) * 60 + $minute) * 60 + $second; __DATA__ 620731142301 #### $: perl secsis.pl 620731142301 is 1957962181 seconds $: perl secsis.pl 131113135710 Can't open 131113135710: No such file or directory at secsis.pl line 5. Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at secsis.pl line 7. ...