regarding date display

[Paulo Casanova]

Well, from perl documentation (man perlfunc) I got the following:

exec LIST
exec PROGRAM LIST
        The "exec" function executes a system command and never
        returns-- use "system" instead of "exec" if you want it to
        return.  It fails and returns false only if the command does
        not exist and it is executed directly instead of via your sys-
        tem's command shell (see below).

So I'm intrigued how your code works :)

Moving along, why not using Date::Format (or some other module?). Try 
this on you cgi:

use Date::Format;
@lt = localtime(time);
$vars->{'mydateval'} = strftime("%d-%m-%y");

Paulo


sundeep.kmr at wipro.com wrote:

> hi paulo,
>
>
> sorry to disturb 'u again..
>
> My problem is:-
>
> Code in enter_bug.cgi:--
>
> my $mydate = "date +%d-%m-%y";
> my $temp = exec($mydate);
> $vars->{'mydateval'} = $temp;
>
> In Corresponding html code is:--
>
> DATE:[% mydateval %]
>
>
> but it's Displaying
>
> DATE: 0
>
> I think its not executing the date command here.
>
> Thanking 'u
>
> thanks & regards,
> Sundeep
>
>
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