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Subject: Re: perl script help
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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

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