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Get Current Time - Readable
#!/usr/bin/perl 
 
use strict; 
 
my @months = qw(Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec); 
my @weekDays = qw(Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun); 
 my ($second, $minute, $hour, $dayOfMonth, $month, $yearOffset, $dayOfWeek, $dayOfYear, $daylightSavings) = localtime(); 
 my $year = 1900 + $yearOffset; 
 my $theTime = "$hour:$minute:$second, $weekDays[$dayOfWeek] $months[$month] $dayOfMonth, $year"; 
 print $theTime."\n";
 
 
 
OR USE THIS NEAT TRICK: 
 
 
 
 my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) =localtime(time); 
 
 
print $hour.$min.$sec."\n"; 
 
 
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