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POSIX Function strftime() in Perl

You can use the POSIX function strftime() in Perl to format the date and time with the help of the following table. Please note that the specifiers marked with an asterisk (*) are locale-dependent.

SpecifierReplaced byExample
%aAbbreviated weekday name *Thu
%AFull weekday name *Thursday
%bAbbreviated month name *Aug
%BFull month name *August
%cDate and time representation *Thu Aug 23 14:55:02 2001
%CA year divided by 100 and truncated to integer (00-99)20
%dDay of the month, zero-padded (01-31)23
%DShort MM/DD/YY date, equivalent to %m/%d/%y08/23/01
%eDay of the month, space-padded ( 1-31)23
%FShort YYYY-MM-DD date, equivalent to %Y-%m-%d2001-08-23
%gWeek-based year, last two digits (00-99)01
%GWeek-based year2001
%hAbbreviated month name * (same as %b)Aug
%HAn hour in 24h format (00-23)14
%IAn hour in 12h format (01-12)02
%jDay of the year (001-366)235
%mMonth as a decimal number (01-12)08
%MMinute (00-59)55
%nNew-line character ('\n')
%pAM or PM designationPM
%r12-hour clock time *02:55:02 pm
%R24-hour HH: MM time, equivalent to %H:%M14:55
%SThe second (00-61)02
%tHorizontal-tab character ('\t')
%TISO 8601 time format (HH:MM: SS), equivalent to %H:%M:%S14:55
%uISO 8601 weekday as a number with Monday as 1 (1-7)4
%UWeek number with the first Sunday as the first day of week one (00-53)33
%VISO 8601 week number (00-53)34
%wWeekday as a decimal number with Sunday as 0 (0-6)4
%WWeek number with the first Monday as the first day of week one (00-53)34
%xDate representation *08/23/01
%XTime representation *14:55:02
%yYear, last two digits (00-99)01
%YYear2001
%zISO 8601 offset from UTC in timezone (1 minute = 1, 1 hour = 100) If timezone cannot be terminated, no characters+100
%ZTimezone name or abbreviation * If timezone cannot be terminated, no charactersCDT
%%A % sign%

Let's check the following example to understand the usage −

Example

Live Demo

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use POSIX qw(strftime);
$datestring = strftime "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y", localtime;
printf("date and time - $datestring\n");
# or for GMT formatted appropriately for your locale:
$datestring = strftime "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y", gmtime;
printf("date and time - $datestring\n");

Output

When the above code is executed, it produces the following result −

date and time - Sat Feb 16 07:10:23 2013
date and time - Sat Feb 16 14:10:23 2013
Updated on 29-Nov-2019 06:41:03

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