Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:25:04 +0200 From: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> To: Barbish3@adelphia.net Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: perl script help Message-ID: <408008E0.9080108@elvandar.org> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGAEBCFMAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGAEBCFMAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net>
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JJB wrote: > I need $timezone to hold the time zone in this format -00:00 > The command date +%z will give it as -0000 > > I know nothing about writing perl scripts. > > Can somebody show me how to add the : in the output > of the date command in the simple following script? > > The cat statement is just so I can see results are correct. > > > #!/usr/bin/perl > $timezone=date +%z; > cat $timezone > Not that i am very good in perl, In KSH scripting it's like this: %H:%M for a 00:00 output instead of 0000 Perhaps that will help you:-) (Oh the command date +%H:%M) Cheers > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder Elvandar.org/DSINet.org www.mostly-harmless.nl A Dutch community for helping newcomers on the hackerscene
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