use strict; use warnings; my $date = 'Wed Dec 29 08:17:04'; $date = convert($date); print $date; BEGIN { my %c_mon = ('Jan',1,'Feb',2,'Mar',3,'Apr',4,'May',5,'Jun',6, 'Jul',7,'Aug',8,'Sep',9,'Oct',10,'Nov',11,'Dec',12); sub convert { my ($mon, $day, $rest) = $_[0] =~ /\w+ (\w+) (\d+) (.+)/; $mon = $c_mon{$mon}; @_ = localtime(); $_[4]++; my $year = $_[5] % 100; $year-- if "$mon$day" gt "$_[4]$_[3]"; $year = 99 if $year == -1; return sprintf('%02d', $year) . "-$mon-$day\_$rest"; } } #### use strict; use warnings; @_ = localtime(); my $date = sprintf('%02d-%02d-%02d_%02d:%02d:%02d', $_[5] % 100, $_[4] + 1, $_[3], $_[2], $_[1], $_[0]); print $date;