#!/usr/bin/perl ($thisMonth, $thisYear, $thisDay) = split(/:/,`date +%m:%Y:%d`); ($thisMonth, $thisDay, $thisYear ) = MMDDYYYY(); sub MMDDYYYY(){ my @timeList = localtime(time); my $MM = sprintf("%02d",$timeList[4]+1); my $YYYY = normalizeYear($timeList[5]); my $DD = sprintf("%02d",$timeList[3]); return ($MM,$DD,$YYYY); } sub normalizeYear { local ($yearToNormalize) = @_; if ($yearToNormalize < 90) { sprintf "20%.2d",$yearToNormalize; }elsif ($yearToNormalize < 100) { sprintf "19%.2d",$yearToNormalize; }else { sprintf "%.4d",$yearToNormalize; } } return 1;