#!/usr/bin/env perl use warnings; use strict; use 5.10.0; use Time::Piece; my $specific_time = Time::Piece->strptime('2020-11-06 20:20:01', "%Y-%m-%d %T"); say $specific_time; my $now = localtime(); say $now->epoch; my $hour_ago = localtime()->epoch - 3600; say $hour_ago;