PERL Beginners - Current Date Variable

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Current Date Variable

banker123

2006-10-31, 9:57 pm

I need to read the current date into a variable formatted as MMDDYY.

Example
$date=103106

Please help!

DJ Stunks

2006-10-31, 9:57 pm

banker123 wrote:
> I need to read the current date into a variable formatted as MMDDYY.
>
> Example
> $date=103106
>
> Please help!

you can use localtime() in list context to grab all the various values
of the current time (year, month, day etc) and then manipulate them
into your string, or you can use the POSIX module's strfrtime function,
or you can download a module from CPAN which would do what you like - I
would recommend Date::Format.

-jp

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