Hi, I don't know very much about perl, and I can't seem to find the answer to this anywhere. I have this line in a script I am trying to modify slightly: print "--" . localtime time . "\n\n"; It produces a time stamp like: Thu Aug 19, 20:48 2010 I would like it to just give the time in 12 hour format, as in: --09:19PM Is this a pretty simple modification? Thanks Storm -- Registered Linux user number 508465: http://counter.li.org/ Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stormdragon2976 My blog, Thoughts of a Dragon: http://www.stormdragon.us/ Get yourself a Frostbox: http://www.frostbitesystems.com/ PULL MUH FANGER! http://is.gd/bowEl