Subj : posix strftime To : tony summerfelt From : Maurice Kinal Date : Sun Feb 27 2005 02:14 pm Hey tony! Feb 27 15:40 05, tony summerfelt wrote to Maurice Kinal: ts> not under win2k sp2 using activestate's perl v5.8.0 ts> mine gives me: ! 27 Feb 15:40:08 -- this is a test ts> using %X gives me: ! 03:39:36 PM -- this is a test ts> which is not a max style log...might be different under linux, which ts> probably has a standard posix header. i'm assuming it's the windows ts> one that deviates from the standard... Certainly looks that way. I suppose the %H:%M:%S call would be the way to go if portability is the goal. How about "gmtime" as opposed to "localtime"? Will activestate's perl make the needed adjustments? Life is good, Maurice --- Msged/LNX 6.1.2 * Origin: Coffin Point - Ladysmith, BC Canada (1:153/401.1) .