time and date of file

[Porshe]

I need to get a legible date and time of a file. I need the atime (read) and mtime(modification) time of my file, t_results.html.
I tried this:
my ($readtime, $modtime) = (stat($t_results))[8,9];
#print "$readtime \n";
#print "$modtime \n";

But I get this:
991849314
991851908

Thanks in advance,
Porshe

 

[stillflame]

those are the correct times, just in a format you don't understand - seconds from the epoch, also called a unix timestamp. to convert it to something you can use, use the perl function localtime() (and read the perldoc entry for it first). "If you think you're too small to make a difference, try spending a night in a closed tent with a mosquito."

 

[tsdragon]

try:

my($sec,$min,$hour,$day,$mon,$year,$wkday,$jul,$isdst) = localtime($readtime);

Tracy Dryden
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