localtime function
use Time::localtime; printf "Year is %d\n", localtime->year() + 1900;
$now = ctime();
use Time::localtime; use File::stat; $date_string = ctime(stat($file)->mtime);
localtime
function, replacing it with a version that returns ``Time::tm'' objects.
This object has methods that return the similarly named structure field
name from the C's tm structure from time.h; namely sec, min, hour, mday, mon, year, wday, yday, and isdst.
You may also import all the structure fields directly into your namespace as regular variables using the
:FIELDS import tag. (Note that this still overrides your core functions.) Access these fields as variables named with a preceding
tm_ in front their method names. Thus, $tm_obj->mday corresponds to $tm_mday if you import the fields.
The ctime funtion provides a way of getting at the scalar
sense of the original CORE::localtime() function.
To access this functionality without the core overrides, pass the use an empty import list, and then access function functions with their full
qualified names. On the other hand, the built-ins are still available via
the CORE:: pseudo-package.