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ctime

$

ct

 
= ctime()

Overrides the core localtime function in scalar context; returns a string with the date and time:

use Time::gmtime;
$ct = ctime();
print $ct
Then the output of the print command looks like:
Thu Apr  9 16:50:10 1998